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new " kinks " in his vocal twistings. He repeated them 

 many times, almost to tiresomeness. They were, — 



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The morning of the 14th opened rainy, but the drops 

 did not stop the concert of the birds. On putting my 

 head out to catch the first of it, a pewee was singing, 



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Pe - wee. 



pe - wee. 



and a robin defied the shower in good set terms : — 



Whether he meant to sing in E major or minor, I did not 

 decide. 



May 23 I was awake before 2 o'clock A. M., and all 

 was still ; not even a frog peeped. At the first faint com- 

 ing of light the rooster crowed; and in about half an 

 hour I heard the first bird-notes, the robin's. At this 

 hour the robin does not burst into full song, but begins 

 with a subdued twitter, which rapidly opens and attunes 

 his throat for the splendid moment when, yielding him- 

 self to the fresh gladness, he puts forth all his power. 

 The present performance was in a little maple close by 

 my window, where, undoubtedly, he had spent the night. 

 His song was, — 



