April 
My attention was first called to the bird by 
hearing a remarkably clear and unfamiliar song 
at a distance, and I started inevitably to dis- 
cover its origin. The characteristic part of the 
song is a triplet of tones represented by the 
first, third, and fifth of the scale (these inter- 
vals being remarkably precise), uttered in rapid 
succession and repeated three or four times. 
The introduction of the song is an indescribable 
and intricate modulation, but the triplet was 
never absent, and indeed was sometimes given 
without the introduction. It seems: almost in- 
credible that so full and resonant a tone can 
issue from so tiny a throat. For a few days 
this was the finest songster in the Park, rival- 
ling the white-throated and the fox sparrows in 
its delicious clearness ; but the bird made only 
a flying visit, and was soon gone. Its greater 
rarity, as compared with the ‘‘ gold-crest,’’ is 
largely due to the fact that, whereas the latter is 
a winter resident, the former spends the winter 
farther south, and is seldom to be seen except 
in its semi-annual transit. 
I have also heard from the ‘‘ gold-crest’’ 
what was more than a twitter, but less than a 
song; but either it does not awake to the full 
sense of its musical responsibility so early in the 
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