. Cecil's book of birds . Of Cei\tain Sweet Singei\ >E purpose to group together inthis article several birds whoseonly claim of kinship lies intheir song. We have alreadyobserved the general rule, thatthose birds which wear thegayest plumage do not usu-ally excel in singing, whilethose which make the woods and meadowsring with their delicious music, are clad ingray, quiet robes. For all that, we like thehomely singers best. There is something in-spiriting in the rich, rollicking trill of a makes us feel that spring has come; thatnature has awaked from sleep; that all the 168 CER
. Cecil's book of birds . Of Cei\tain Sweet Singei\ >E purpose to group together inthis article several birds whoseonly claim of kinship lies intheir song. We have alreadyobserved the general rule, thatthose birds which wear thegayest plumage do not usu-ally excel in singing, whilethose which make the woods and meadowsring with their delicious music, are clad ingray, quiet robes. For all that, we like thehomely singers best. There is something in-spiriting in the rich, rollicking trill of a makes us feel that spring has come; thatnature has awaked from sleep; that all the 168 CERTAIN SWEET SINGERS. air, the earth, the plain, the forest, the garden,the field, are full of earnest, gushing, over-flowing life. As the little warbler rises in hismelody, how his whole being is poured intohis song! His very attitude — every featherand fibre alive, his wings spread and quiver-ing, his eye on fire, and his full, burstingthroat — tells in what downright earnest he then the liquid notes, clear and sharp, orsoft and mellow, ho
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