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... 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 ...

Published: Saturday 19 May 1838
Newspaper: Monmouthshire Merlin
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 294 | Page: 1 | Tags: News 

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... 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 ...