All birds are incipient or would-be songsters in the spring. I find corroborative evidence of this even in the crowing of the cock.
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John Burroughs
These are some quotes by American author John Burroughs Author, who lived between April 3, 1837 and March 29, 1921.
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Paul Hawken
Cock-fighting, which has attained to the dignity of a literature of its own, is the popular Malay sport; but the grand sport is a tiger and buffalo fight, reserved for rare occasions, however, on account of its expense. Cock-fighting is a source of gigantic gambling and desperate feuds.