SMALL THRUSHES OF CALIFORNIA. 



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No. 2. 



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In No. 2 the middle note lias nearly the effect of an ap- 

 poggiatura, the third note of the group being explosive and 

 ringing. '^ Peek-a-boo ! '' nearly represents the accent and 

 divisions of time of the usual song. 



One individual had among its songs or groups of notes, 

 No. 3, which it frequently uttered. 



No. 3. 





No. 4. 





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No. 4 was a powerful, ringing, wild burst of melody. One 

 song began too high for the voice of the minstrel, causing 

 it apparently a painful effort, which was not pleasing to the 

 ear, but its other notes were of the usual delicate quality. 



NOTES BY WALTER E. BRYANT. 



Mr. Belding has asked me to append any notes I may 

 have or obtain bearing upon the species treated in this 

 paper, with which object in view I have written to several 

 correspondents for items and visited the dense wooded 

 region south of Monterey, in search of small thrushes. 

 The results are here given. 



