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vee-ee-u, vee-ee-u; but the sound varied considerably during the 
day, the drop to e becoming very faint, or being omitted alto¬ 
gether, and a guttural gaurr sometimes following. It might be 
likened to the cry of a goose with a cold; less musical than (7). 
Still later in the day it was as (9), and the sound was like that 
of a vibrating membrane having a resonant chamber to give it 
body; or like the vibrating of a reed to which adhered a loose 
thin strip of metal, adding a metallic rattle to the reedy sound. 
These five notes were more deliberately sounded, occupying 
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kraw Krurr 
(or h!itty)V raw Krurr 
about two seconds in utterance. They varied in number from 
one to seven, and were usually four or five. A year later they 
had the tone of a deep clarinet, very resonant, and vocalized 
eoo, eoo, eoo. A long-drawn, sweet, very soft note, three octaves 
higher in pitch, sometimes preceded the reedy cry, which, too, 
was at times followed by aurr, making the full strain of (10). 
When the bird uttered this reedy cry, it stretched out its neck, 
opened its beak very wide, and beat downwards with its head at 
each note, as though its head were the hammer, and that action 
produced the note on the air-anvil. The high note was one of 
the whisper-song to be referred to later. On the da} (10) was 
noted, there was a catch following each reedy note, vocalized 
