The Birds' Calendar 



by the following list of birds seen on the loth 

 of the month : flicker, brown creeper, fox 

 sparrow, white-throat, song sparrow, ruby- 

 crowned kinglet, gold-crest, goldfinch (which 

 has almost regained its summer plumage), 

 snow - bird, robin, red - bellied woodpecker, 

 phcebe, crossbill, nuthatch, crow blackbird, 

 hermit thrush, and pine-creeper — a miscella- 

 neous assortment of winter residents, summer 

 residents, and migrants, and representative of 

 eight distinct families. 



Frequently one hears a loud, clear, and 

 peculiar whistle, not on one pitch, like the tone 

 of the white-throat, but with an upward inflec- 

 tion, like the effect produced in Avhistling by 

 giving to the tone a short and quick stroke up- 

 ward. After a succession of such tones comes 

 another series with a corresponding downward 

 inflection and more rapid, the whole effect 

 represented thus : 



By one who knows the note of the cardinal 

 grosbeak this will be recognized as an accurate 

 ocular description, and for one who has never 

 heard it, I can say with confidence that it is 

 not more cabalistic and inadequate than the 



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