HOW BIRDS SING
The windpipe, a flexible tube through which a bird breathes, has at the end of it a little box called the syrinx. Inside this are the voice muscles, over which the air passes, rocking them to and fro. When the bird breathes the air through the windpipe, it passes over the muscles, producing the beautiful sound we call song. The best singing birds have as many as five or six pairs of these muscles.
Tact.—The wrapping up of an ugly truth in a pretty parcel. Ambition. —A desire to reach .lie skies by a ladder of earth. Popularity.—To give much and ask little. A Sense of Humour.—A sense of proportion. If I had but two loaves of bread. I would sell one, and buy hyacinths, for they would feed my soul. —The Koran.
Nasturtiums, marigolds and sunflowers are said to be able to shed a faint light. This is most noticeable on a warm, dry night after a day hot sunshine.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 13, 6 April 1927, Page 5
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164HOW BIRDS SING Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 13, 6 April 1927, Page 5
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