. Wood notes wild, notations of bird music; . 18. X-^ I I I I I I ^—^c -^ (^^^ 20 WOOD NOTES Chick - y ick - y chick - y eu, Chick - y ick - y chick-y Sept ai, cold and rainy. ^ 22 23 24. oe, oe, oe, up, up, up. From these examples it will be seen that bird-music isakin to our own; the same intervals are used, those ofthe major and minor keys. No. 7 brings to mind thefirst half of an old melody sung by the spinning-girls fiftyyears ago, as a substitute for counting, while reelingyarn:— All a - long, all a - long, all a - long, all a - long, all a • long, all a - long link - turn

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. Wood notes wild, notations of bird music; . 18. X-^ I I I I I I ^—^c -^ (^^^ 20 WOOD NOTES Chick - y ick - y chick - y eu, Chick - y ick - y chick-y Sept ai, cold and rainy. ^ 22 23 24. oe, oe, oe, up, up, up. From these examples it will be seen that bird-music isakin to our own; the same intervals are used, those ofthe major and minor keys. No. 7 brings to mind thefirst half of an old melody sung by the spinning-girls fiftyyears ago, as a substitute for counting, while reelingyarn:— All a - long, all a - long, all a - long, all a - long, all a • long, all a - long link - turn loo. WOOD NOTES WILD. 21 Who is the plagiarist? The majority of singing-birds make free use of triplets;the robins abound in them. They are generally separatedby brief rests; but in some instances two or three tripletsare given without rests, as in Nos. 13 and 16. The robins sing throughout the summer, their in-cessant repetitions frequently becoming tiresome. Theytake the lead at the opening of the season, and hold itEvery morning they begin the concert, and are the prin-cipal performers;

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