138 BIRDS THROUGH AN OPERA-GLASS. 
Mr. Bicknell speaks only of the two songs, but 
I have heard the two combined. The outbreak 
of high, rapid, confused notes being interlarded 
with the low-pitched conversational trilling teaeh'- 
er, teach'er. By increasing the confusion, this 
adds greatly to the effect of excitement spoken of 
by Mr. Bicknell. Though most common at even- 
ing or in the night, I have frequently heard this 
medley in both morning and afternoon. The 
rhythm and volume of this interesting song in its 
simplest form may be suggested by the syllables 
whee'he, wheelhe, whee'ha, he! he' ha, imcreasing 
in volume toward the middle, and unlike the or- 
dinary trill, diminishing in intensity again at the 
close. 
XXXIX. 
JUNCO; SLATE-COLORED SNOWBIRD. 
EarLy in September you may have found the 
juncos, companies of little gray-robed monks and 
nuns, just emerging from the forests where they 
cloister during the summer months. Most of 
them nest well to the north, but still there are 
many that content themselves with the cool moun- 
tain ranges of the Alleghanies. 
If they build in your locality, as they do here, 
their habits, like those of the chickadee, are 
greatly changed in summer, and you will take 
more than one casual walk through the woods be- 
