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Identifier: auntmaysbirdtalk00poyn (find matches)
Title: Aunt May's bird talks
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Poyntz, F. M., Mrs. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Boston, New York (etc.) Educational publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Chapter V. THE MOCKING-BIRD. You are all fond of music/ said AuntMay, on their next lesson day; I havebrought you into the woods this lovely Junemorning to listen to the sweet sounds ofNatures orchestra. Now, you know anorchestra is composed of many musicians allstriving to make their different instruments 51 52 AUNT MAYS BIRD TALKS. blend one with another and so produce aharmony of sounds. We shall liken the singing of these birds,as I said, to Natures orchestra, and I willintroduce you to a bird which bears to theother singers the relation of a singer to anaccompanying orchestra; in other words, theMocking-bird ranks first as a singer, so farsuperior to all the other birds is this littlesongster in the beauty and variety of his tonesand, above all, in his power to imitate otherbirds. He has, indeed, an entire orchestra inhis tiny throat. I speak of his singing, for in all thebird families the gentlemen wear the gayfeathers and win admiration by their songs,while the little lady bird

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