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Show The Mocking Bird Sits Moaning. During tho period of d u ' -, av old 'residents of Florida, tho mocking bird's song is never heard. Prior .to that tlmo he Is almost an Incessant slnnor from morning until night. Kvon on moonlight nights one seldom awakes but the soft, sweet warble of this bird can bo heard. During tho forty days of extremely hot weather naught but a low chirp Is heard. Ho moans about In a subdued manner, as though ho were ashamed of his ability to sing; Indeed, ho seems to have di 1 vested himself of his accustomed frivolous, friv-olous, flirty ways, and ono may imag-Ino imag-Ino ho Is doing penance for his past hilarity. |