bird-laughs

Updated: May 20, 2025

There was a perfect babel of bird-talk, the jaunty blond males all making pretty speeches to the gentle brown-haired females, who laughed merry little bird-laughs in return. "It is like the noise in the store where they sell Canaries," whispered Nat, after taking a long look; "first they all sing together and then a few sing so much louder that the others stop. I wonder what they are saying?"

Elliott Coues - Citizen Bird : Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners