WRENS. 
song, it celebrates the name of a familiar kitchen utensil an 
indefinite number of times: 
mga Twice 8va......- Ns 
iy aT 
Pars a om ao on aims a a 
(Oy PB ef Brae 
-tle Tea kettle Tea-hettle Tea-kettle ete, | 
The following record of Dr. Henry Oldys is remarkably 
similar: 
dcr oe 
(f-12-# 1 Pe Pt 
Fi sh FT a FL AT 
i a a 
Cheerily, cheerily, cheerily, etc. 
Dr.Henry Oldys' record 
This is the commoner form, one which I constantly 
heard in May, 1909, near Rowlesburg, West Virginia. It is 
also common with the few Wrens of this species at the foot 
of the Palisades in the vicinity of Englewood, N. J. An- 
other not unusual song is distinctly two-syllabled, though 
there is no avoiding the impression one gets of the grace 
note and strong accent on the first syllable: 
~ty, Cheery, Cheery, cheery, cheery, cheery, cheery, cheery, 
The bird’s musical performance is always strenuous 
and emphatic, and the movements before and after it are 
hurried to the point of nervous agitation. Like the Red- 
eyed Vireo the Carolina Wren is an unremitting and tire- 
less singer who is sure to be heard if he is anywhere near 
you. Dodging in and out among the brushwood, his tai 
flipping about like the baton of a band conductor, stopping 
a moment to carol a cheery, cheery, cheery, or else a tea- 
kettle, tea-kettle, tea-kettle, etc., you gather the impression he 
is out after guests for some social function! In the South he 
isknown as the Mocking Wren, but there is no other reason 
for this beyond the fact that some of his notes closely 
resemble those of the Tufted Tit-mouse and the Cardinal. 
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