Eunice Wonnacott wrote:
 
>I just wanted to add my twp cents worth:  Queens in cages, shipped in
>quantity for requeening, are very interesting,in that thhheir individual
>sou;nds are quite audible and not all exactly the same.  A little
>imagination might make you think of a very special choir, as the multiple
>tones are quite musical.  Incidentally such a package has its own quite
>distinctive odor, too!
 
   I have pictures (sonagrams of sounds) of queen piping in the SCIENTIFIC
AMERICAN article just mentioned in my earlier post.
 
                                                        Adrian
 
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