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ch I thought a simple but very profound summing-up of lifeand wondered how the little bird
had learned it so quickly. The present seasonI heard another with a song equally originalbut not so easily
worded. Among a large troop of them in Aprilmy attention was attracted to one that was a master
songster--some Shelley or Tennyson among his kind. The strain was remarkably prolongedintricateand
animatedand far surpassed anything I ever before heard from that source.
But the most noticeable instance of departure from the standard song of a species I ever knew of was in the
case of a wood thrush. The bird sangas did the sparrowthe whole season throughat the foot of my lot near
the river. The song began correctly and ended correctly; but interjected into it about midway was a loud
piercingartificial noteat utter variance with the rest of the strain. When my ear first caught this singular
noteI started outnot a little puzzledto makeas I supposeda new acquaintancebut had not gone far when
I discovered whence it proceeded. Brass amid goldor pebbles amid pearlsare not more out of place than was
this discordant scream or cry in the melodious strain of the wood thrush. It pained and startled the ear. It
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On the Makaloa Mat LondonJack Published bbaagarz
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