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better claim to be called a song. Mr. Chapman renders it 

 'Zi'ec, chi-chi-cln-clii, c/iur, chef-chiir, Mr. Burns reports still 

 another : c)u'-de-ih'-i\ Llu--c-de-(ie, che-de-dc-dcf, resembling the 

 Chickadee some what. These songs may possibly stand for 

 passion songs, since they are far sweeter and more jiowerfnl 

 than the other ; but they are not flight songs. 



There are two definite song periods, the fir.st beginning 

 with the bird's arrival and ending about the middle of June, 

 during which time the in.sect song is given almo.st entirely ; 

 the second one beginning late in July or early in August and 

 continuing to the third week in August, this period being 

 characterized by the more varied song, but not to the entire 

 exclusion of the other. 



The Blue-wing delights in the second growth bordering 

 uncut woods, where the ground completely dries only in mid- 

 -summer. Here he perches on the topmost twig of some am- 

 bitious young sprout or high bush and sings his hours away. 

 For his later .song he seems to prefer a le.ss con.spicuous perch 

 among the lower growth. 



This is another eastern species, ranging west to Nebraska 

 and Texas, and north to .southern New England and Minnesota. 



Parula "Warbler. Compsothlypis anicrica)ia. <)4S. 



Parula's song is hardly wiry, but it is fine and delicate - 

 more like hair than wire. The more delicate singers seem to 

 sa}^ pc-isi\ pc-tsc, pe sec see, with a slight accent on the second 

 syllable of each phra.se. A rendering less delicate and probably 

 more commonly heard, Mr. Burns represents thus : cher-rc-rc. 

 chcr-re-re, cher-re-rc, and c/ier-er, c/ier-cr, chcr-er chc-c-c-c. 

 This is heard often during the migrations. There is a ten- 

 dency to an increa.se in volume to the end, the first notes being 

 more .softly uttered. 



Mr. Bicknell recognizes two distinct songs. "In one, 

 the notes coalesce into a fine insect trill ; in the other, four 

 similar notes are followed by four others, weaker and more 

 quickl}' given." 



It sings thruout its spring migration, and is .sometimes 

 heard during its return south. I have been unable to find 

 any record of the time when its song closes at its breeding 

 grounds. 



