BIRD MUSIC 



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six syllables and that they are all on the same pitch 

 except the next to the last, which is higher than the 

 others. The song of the robin may be represented 



thus: This 



indicates that the notes are generally delivered in 

 groups of three, with an occasional two-note group. 

 Still another method of recording bird songs is 

 the attempt to write them on the musical scale used 

 for human music. Following is a record of the rob- 

 in's song in musical notation, as given by Mr. 

 Schuyler Mathews in his " Field Book of Wild 

 Birds and Their Music"; — 



Allegro agitato. 



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3--4-n 



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ROBIN 



In order that the three methods of recording bird 

 songs may be compared, the song of the white- 

 throated sparrow is given in each of these methods. 



By syllables : Old Sam Peabody, Peahody, Peahody. 



By dots: ... ... 



By musical staff: — 



m 



1=76. Moderato. 



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^=S! 



ps 



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WHITE-THROATED SPARROW 

 (The bird sings two octaves higher) 



