FAMILY Mniotiltid2. 
wasset wound its silvery way between the wooded hilis 
and the spreading green intervale; the little hill on 
which I stood was carpeted with the rich rusty-brown 
pine needles of past seasons, and here and there a gray 
lichen-covered boulder cropped out from among the 
green ferns and the forest’s russet floor. It was indeed 
a lovely spot. Some bright-faced, appreciative gir! 
would have said, had she been present, ‘‘ What a sweet 
place for a picnic!” Perhaps I thought so too, for, at 
the moment, I heard, among the green, swaying, sighing 
pine branches overhead, a tiny bird distinctly sing: 
Iwiee Svea. 
This, then, is a second frequent song of the Black. 
throated Green. Here is another rendering of the same 
song; it comprises a major third, instead of a minor 
third like the other, and one more note is added: 
* 
Vivace. 3 times. 8va. 
a cres. FIRS ve 
a a a a an oa 
5G el a A ED WE! = a 
CA 7 Ae a] A RN [Rea |e eg 
This came from the Arnold Arboretum. Here is vet 
another similar song from Arlington Heights, Mass., 
which is exactly like the record given by Mr. Cheney: 
Vivace. 
This, he likens to a bar of the familiar old sea song Lar- 
board Watch in which the notes are dotted; that, how« 
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