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FAMILY Mniotiltidz 
Again he will clearly enunciate three syllables in that 
part of the song (commonly burred) immediately pre- 
ceding the last note, thus: 
Probably this form is the one to which were originally 
applied the words, trees, trees, murmuring trees, and 
cheese, cheese, a little more cheese! But 1 am confident 
that the bird’s commonest form of rhythm consists of 
but two rapid syllables preceding the last one. I say 
rapid because if one will strictly observe the bird’s time 
it will be found that he sings these two or sometimes 
three notes in a space of time exactly equivalent to that 
of one of the other notes. And yet there are those who 
insist that a bird has no conception of rhythm! There 
are, then, entirely aside from melodic variation, four 
distinct rhythmic forms to this Warbler’s song; here 
they are: 
ale ° ° ee ° Trees, trées, murm’- 
ring trees! 
2. ° ° eee ° Sleep, sleep, pretty 
one, sleep! 
SNe is gareaht Meats Larboard watch a- 
hoy! or ’T is, ’t is, ’t ts sweet here ! 
4, ei) eee, ete bets Sweeping skies with 
a spy-glass f 
Pine Warbler This bird has the Creeper’s habit of cling- 
it is. it ing to the branches or trunk of a tree. It 
L. 5.50 inches 18 @ fairly abundant Warbler, but is one of 
April 15th decidedly local proclivities; it is scarcely 
found outside of the pine grove. The colors are 
not striking. Upper parts olive slightly suffused with 
gray; wings brownish gray tinged with olive, and 
with lighter edgings of gray; two dull white wing- 
bars; inner vanes of the outer tail feathers with white 
patches near the tip; throat and sides bright cadmium 
yellow fading into white on the under parts; sides of 
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