it leaps into the air, several meters high, and on reaching the apex, parachutes down with its short wings out-stretched whilst uttering a series of shrill pitch perfect whistles. It lands now on a different bush or a different part of a fence, catches its breath and just when you would think that the bird is done with its display, it will leap forth into the air again and sing another succession of sweet whistles. Hear though that it whistles exactly thirteen or fourteen times during it descent. If its jump happened to fall short a bit then it would continue calling even after it has perched
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