A MIDSUMMER PRINCE. GY 
a eee pee ee Sg een pe 
i eae ne ee 
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to which the chorister of the park, from the summit of a 
maple, would respond, in the same key, 
ae =4 
(aa [ea Panda Sea 
and, for the life of me, I never was able to tell whether 
their songs were those of rivalry or of greeting and friend- 
ly intercourse. And now if you will strike these notes on 
the piano, or, which is better, breathe them from the flute, 
you will know the song of the oriole, or rather obtain an 
idea of its general characteristics, for no two that I have 
ever heard sung the same melody.” 
The female also has a pretty song, which mingles with 
the brilliant tenor of the male during all the season of love- 
making ; but as May merges into June, and the business of 
the summer begins, both cease their exalted strains, and only 
the mellow, ringing whistle is heard; then, as family cares 
increase, they lay aside even this, and, except at dawn, are 
rarely heard at all. 
But, after all, the chief interest about our oriole is its 
wonderful home, which hangs upon the outmost branches 
