that it fings in the night, when its warbling is 
~ THE NATURAL HISTORY. 

melody, are varied, and though different, : as pl leae 
fing as the former, 
_ One reafon perhaps that the fong of the Nights | 
_ingale. produces fo’ wonderful an effe@, may be, 
uninterrupted by other founds, 
_ Nightingales begin to fing early in April, and 
| re fing after June; their fong is fufpended 
by the piteatons they are obliged to give to thet 
young. | 
In sonSeoaien the Nightiogale. fings nine 
months in a year; and the fong is ftill more. 
perfect than that of Nightingales in their natural 
 ftate. They will fometimes fing in a few hours: 
- after they -are taken, generally in feven of 
eight days; not that they are regardlefs af the 
\ Jofs of their liberty, for at firit they are fullen, and 

on refufe to eat, and would die of hunger if food 
were not put into their beaks, or kill themfelves- 
: by firiking againit the wires: of ‘their ‘cage, if 
their wings were not tied. Soon, however, they 
become more tamed, they delight in finging, are 
charmed with mufical inftruments, and a fine 
voice, Their emulation is raifed by other birds; 
andi it is faid that by their exertions they have fallen , 
| down dead i in their contefts. 
As 

