GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER. 
why they should not have favored us with the first 
syllable. I have never heard the bird sing zee-zee-zee-zee 
alone; for those who listen with a sharp ear he will 
always sing Ps-s-s-st zee-zee-zee-zee, or some similar 
form which is duly recorded here. It is a notable fact 
that many people are partly tone-deaf; I have the 
acquaintance of several so afflicted, therefore, it is not 
surprising that the syllable Ps-s-s-st has not (to my 
knowledge) been reported, for the note is pitched so 
inconceivably high that there is little use in placing it 
in any definite position on, or relatively with, the musi- 
cal staff! Of course such a tone can not be heard by 
one who is tone-deaf. The other four notes (there may 
be less, rarely more of them) are characteristically 
burred, and one has to hum and at the same time 
whistle in a lisping way between the teeth to imitate 
them. Here is a fair representation of the song by a 
series of signs:  .... or, rendering this form in 
musical notation, the aspect is certainly not materially 
changed: 
d=-60 L argo, Three times 8va. 
ol) Se) Pe ay ae aaa 
T. Wie GNI 21 2 a ST] 
| (1) Ce RR ee a a ee 
\U LE Ree Foe Gee ED ae 
Ps-5-§t zee-zee-zee-zee. 
But this Warbler, like many another bird, indulges in 
certain variations; here is one: 
Cres. AWNAYNY 
That consists of two long notes and two short ones; the 
record belongs to a particular individual, and I have 
been unable thus far to duplicate it, so I suppose it may 
be considered eccentric. By far the commonest record 
I have is a form comprising only four notes with the in- 
terval of a third between the first and second notes 
thus: 
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