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BALTIMORE ORIOLE. 
of the notes only. Now the music of song No. 1 froma 
bird in Forest Hills, Mass., is as follows: 
Pa1S2 Vivace a Bytes tats : 
It is to be regretted that the bird did not finish, or sup- 
plement his theme with the following variation, which 
strangely enough came from another fellow in another 
part of the State (Roxbury), a year later: 
But that is usually the way with Orioles, they leave you 
to find out who has the rest of the tune and where it 
will be heard, while they forage among the blooms of the 
old apple-tree in search of caterpillars. Occasionally, 
again, one gets the Jast half of a tune and never hears the 
first part. 
Here is an instance: 
mf. This was his finale! — there was no beginning 
No2 é 
