A bit more on bird song, this from Daines Barrington, 1773, originally published in Phil. Trans. Royal Society of London, though I have scanned a reprint found in S.P.Cheney's Wood Notes Wild (1891).

Never heard a Nightingale? click here. Perfection is relative....
Posted by mbalame at March 2, 2005 3:03 AMthanks for the nightingale link - never heard one before - nice!
Posted by: danielle at March 2, 2005 4:20 AM