Cassell's Book of Birds, Reading 1
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The Little Bird Is a Harmonium
A bird's vocal organs are exactly adapted to the nature of their music. Their whole body is a bellows, as large and proportion to their size. The little bird is in fact a living harmonium. Its singing apparatus is not situated at the top of its throat, but is implanted in the inferior termination of its windpipe. No human breast could ever hold sufficient breath for such performances.
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