Show english bird observer refutes idea that females have no singing voice A writer for the london observer relates that he has taken a great deal of pleasure in keeping watch on a patr of siv swallows allows building a nest ue was especially attracted to the musical qualities of the cock coch lows sung song and is of the opinion thai the beauty and variety of his notes have not net received proper recognition the mat mai ae e of the pair of swallows de scribed ascribed ty by I 1 this his writer often perched on the tive alce of a red deers antler hung a yai yard d or two from the nest and sang songs as continuously and only less varied than the larks ills his better songs and softer notes were reserved for the minutes when she was at the nest the writer says he enjoyed indeed RD an ecstasy ot of delight in tha presence of his mate and the rising of the walls of the home there was no question about that and though he gave little help the work marched better for the band the hen ben the writer noted occasion ally would reply to her mate in cu gruff and uncomely notes it Is a mistake he be said and a corn com mon mistake to suppose that hen birds do not sing the bullfinch bulfinch for instance is a notable exception to the alleged law and few if any are wholly articulate but nearly all sing badly the hatching hatchin of three young youna swallows was observed to work considerable consi dorable change in the cock he sang oo no more lyric songs for the reason that he threw himself into the work of feeding the family but tie he was still much the more vocal of the two and when he brought food always before giving it sounded a sweet and kentle gentle or two the relic of the love song subdued to solicitous fatherhood |