... not partake so much of the nature of the American mocking-bird, l he sky- lark, even after it has become peifect in its natural note, will catch that of any other bird that hangs nesr it. Few persons that keep canaries are aware that they sing chiefly ...

... conjectured to have some con- nection with this faculty but its effects are still inexplicable by any known organ of animal nature.—Note to Dr. Croly's Three Cycles of Revelation. ...

... shade when compared with the subject of our tiolice-ia common starling, which has been taught not only to lay aside its natural notes and siiia various airs with great exactness, but to chatter away with a'l the volubility and much of the quaintuess of ...

... prostrate European. There are some barrels, in imitation of an organ, within the body of the tiger, and a row of keys of natural notes. The sounds produced by the organ are intended to resemble the cries of a person in distress, intermixed with the roar ...

... An inhabitant of Stourbridge possesses a canary which, having been kept in a cage bung in a yard, mingles with its natural notes the call of young chickens, tbe clucking of bens, and the chirping of sparrows. The yearly meeting of the British Association ...