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THE ZOOLOGIST.
ments, but always far away. Their loud bravura song we never heard; nor did they utter that harsh alarm cry for which we listened. But we had had, at least, the joy of penetrating to the heart of their mountain fastnesses, their sanctuary among the hills; and henceforth we knew the Ring-Ouzels as we should never have known them had we not seen them on their native heath.
