Show RHY RHYTHM OF THE SONGS OF or BIRDS mulo of cit N sture 14 1 effir in I 1 T rn how flow little we realize the teet fact bat that the music of nature la is alway always ly rhythmical rhythmic alt lin n intelligent roe rooi itter liter with a goo wo I 1 ear alway always crows la in accurate three chrt e four time anil and in the minor key our own simplest elm laft of time Is if perfectly illustrated by the drum the dots indicating footsteps and the dashes drum biota now this la Is rhythm an essential principle of music and we are widely at fault it we suppose for or ono one moment that the birds aing sing regardless of it the drum beata beats are in unmistakable kable four erfour four time the commonest time if at all and I 1 think it could be armed that the oriole tor for instance has adopted that time tor for his own it la Is evident to a close observer that there is something odd about tho the oriole a time it la is tour four four without doubt but there are queer breaks in it the singer drops a note here and I 1 anere much as rood good ol 01 I 1 grand mamma drops a stitch in her clever knitting these ornis omissions are characteristic of the oriole hia his style Is one at 0 marked syncope syncopation aaion with a for that kind of moody which has been ragtime if you viii tol lt l t 1 imitate thia this quality you yott must whistle a toot by placing the tip of th tongue immediately behind fie the upper front teeth dropping and returning it quickly frank leslie a monthly |