54 The Song of the Dickcissell 



measure of this song, he would change it to: Dick, dick, dick, 

 dss ciss se/I. One tenant of the pasture offered a most original 

 production as his characteristic song, which seemed to run 

 like this: Quick, quick, looky here, skcezics. After trifling 

 with me in the foregoing manner several times, the last song- 

 ster would boldly omit the introductory notes, and call out: 

 Looky here, skeesics, see see see. It is interesting to note that 

 this songster had four or five songs easily distinguishable. 

 One of his common offerings was like this: Dick, dick, qneer- 

 ily; again he would say: Quick, queerily , quee vee. 



On July 20 I have the following production of another 

 performer: Dick, dick, dick, queerily, cheiv cheic chezv. This 

 song was frequently varied by changing the number of the 

 dick notes, as sometimes only two were given, and occasionally 

 four dicks formed the beginning measures. 



On July 21 I found a performer who gave the following 

 variation of the characteristic song: Dick, dick, dick, ciss sell. 

 Sometimes he would utter only two dicks, and frequently, by 

 way of surprise, he would call: Dick, dick, dick, dick, omitting 

 the customary phrase in closing. 



July 23 brought a new rendition of my July 20th song- 

 ster's production. This is what I heard: Dick, dick, dick, 

 what d'ye see see sell. This peculiar song was varied by 

 changing the number of introductory notes to only two, and 

 sometimes by giving four. Another different song heard on 

 that day went like this; Quee, quee, quee, quee, — Dick ciss sell, 

 uttered sometimes with only two dicks and three quees, like 

 this: Quee, quee, quee, — Dick, dick, ciss sell. 



July 26 furnished the following records: Dick, dick, — sell 

 sell sell, see, which was varied to: Dick, sell sell see. The lat- 

 ter, offering only one dick, is the most unusual performance 

 of Dickcissell. The same songster furnished this record: 

 Dick, dick, sell sell sell, quee quee quee; and also this: Dick, sell 

 sell sell, quee, as well as: Dick ciss sell, qicee quee quee. The 

 following is the most unique record taken, but I think it will 

 stand comparison with the original, Ciss sell, ciss sell, que, ciss 

 sell. 



