Excerpt: ...there is anything in the phenomena which we have explored which might reasonably be held to determine the survival of this one in preference to that. When we reflect upon the problem of song and consider the numerous and diverse forms in which it is manifested, we are apt to draw a comparison between the sounds we hear and those produced by musical instruments, and hence to conclude that each bird is gifted 156 with a special instrument in virtue of which it produces its characteristic melody. But there is a ...
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Excerpt: ...there is anything in the phenomena which we have explored which might reasonably be held to determine the survival of this one in preference to that. When we reflect upon the problem of song and consider the numerous and diverse forms in which it is manifested, we are apt to draw a comparison between the sounds we hear and those produced by musical instruments, and hence to conclude that each bird is gifted 156 with a special instrument in virtue of which it produces its characteristic melody. But there is a very remarkable phenomenon connected with the singing of birds which shows that this is really not the case
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