FAMILY Mniotiltide. 
bird’s song can be adequately represented without musi- 
cal notation. Here it is*: 
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or this: mp tf Lif 
The tone of voice is a bit unique; it is dominated by no 
overtone, yet it is not a clear whistle; it sounds, in fact, 
as if the bird threw it out from his cheeks rather than 
his lungs. I suppose most musicians would call ita 
‘‘mouthy ” tone notwithstanding its fortissimo charac- 
ter! The remarkable thing about it is its relation with 
the size of the bird. Itis the case of a David with the 
voice of a Goliath! The woods fairly ring with the 
sound, and the voices of the other birds, for the time, 
are completely lost. 
Maryland This bird is certainly one of the com. 
Yellow-throat monest members of the Warbler Family. 
BectMunts Its voice is heard wherever there is a bit 
trichas 
brachidactyla Of running water that finds its way through 
L.5.30inches an impassable thicket. A sight of the 
May 1oth bird is therefore less common than the 
sound of his voice. He is as’ beautifully marked 
as any other member of his tribe, and in the best of 
Spanish taste. He affects a harmony in black and 
yellow, with the black appropriately encircling his face ! 
A black band crosses the forehead and covers the cheeks 
and ear coverts; it is bordered above and backward by 
* JT do not consider the musical interval of any consequence ; 
some birds seem to sing a questionable third, others a fourth, and 
still others a fifth. The shift back and forth is more an extreme 
inflection of the voice than anything else, and it is very difficult to 
locate the terminating tones. - 
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