...the bird grows older and stronger, it is not difficult to perceive what it is aiming at.— WHllst the scholar is thus endeavouring to form his song,...again when he is not equal to what he is attempting. What the nestling is thus npt thorough/ master of, he hurries over, lowering his tone, as if he did...

...compared to the imperfect endeavour in л child to babble. Some birds begin to record when they are not a month old. This first essay does not seem to...scholar is thus endeavouring to form his song, when he 406 YOICE OF BIRDS. is once sure of a passage, he commonly raises his tone, which he drops again when...

...well known to bird-catchers, and is accurately described by the Hon, Mr. Daines Barrington.—'This first essay does not seem to have the least rudiments...scholar is thus endeavouring to form his song, when he if once sure of a passage, he commonly raises his tone, which he drops again when he is not equal to...

...; but as the bird grows older and stronger, one may begin to perceive what it is aiming at. Whilst thus endeavouring to form his song, when he is once...again when he is not equal to what he is attempting. What he is not master of he hurries over, lowering his tone as if he did not wish to be heard, and...

...old. This first essay does not seem to have the least rudiments of the future song; but as the hird grows older and stronger, one may begin to perceive...the scholar is thus endeavouring to form his song, at every passage which he is sure of, he commonly raises his tone, but drops it again when he comes...

...but, as the bird grows older, and stronger, it is not difficult to perceive what he is attempting. Whilst the scholar is thus endeavouring to form his...when he is once sure of a passage, he commonly raises Swallow Martin Sand Martin Swift Goatsucker Turtle Dove Wry-neck Cuckoo Nightingale Blackcap White-throat...

...older and stronger, it becomes less difficult to perceive its aim. While the scholar is thus striving to form his song, when he is once sure of a passage,...again when he is not equal to what he is attempting. Some curious and well-authenticated facts recorded by the Hon. Daines Barrington, seem to prove that...

...to the babble of a child in its imperfect endeavours to articulate. "I have known," says Barrington, "instances of birds beginning to record when they...endeavouring to form his song, when he is once sure of a rsage he commonly raises his tone, which he drops again when is not equal to what he is attempting...

...stronger, it is not difficult to perceive what he is attempting. Whilst the scholar is thus endeavoring to form his song, when he is once sure of a passage, he commonly raises his tone ; but when unable to execute the passage, he drops it. What the nestling is thus not thoroughly master...