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is here transcribed : Blackbird's alarm martin's 

 cry, exactly yellow bunting's song chaffinch's j/z/ 

 fink, exactly swallow's song. Every imitation was 

 a very good one. Mr. Sutton A. Davies, of Win- 

 chester College, informs me (in //#.) that the larks 

 in his neighbourhood imitate the common bunting. 



MIMICRY OF THE STARLING 



The following is a similar summary of the prin- 

 cipal songs of starlings heard near Stroud : 



Subject imitated. Starlings. Tir " es . E 1 xact 



reproduced, reproductions. 



House-sparrow . . .21 67 5 



Jackdaw . . . .14 37 



Greenfinch . . . .14 28 



Green Woodpecker . .14 23 i 



Blackbird's alarm 13 20 I 



Partridge . . . .11 20 



Chaffinch . . . .10 20 



Nightjar . . . .10 19 



Swallow .... 10 1 6 i 



Yellow Bunting's song . . 8 13 



,, ,, call . . 8 ii 



Blackbird or Mistle-thrush's song 8 13 i 



Thrush (alarm) . . . 7 11 

 Peewit .... 5 8 



Dog's bark .... 5 7 



Nuthatch .... 4 7 



Migrating Redwing's cry . 5 7 



Robin (alarm) ... 5 8 



Blue Tit .... 5 6 



