Bird-Songs about Worcester. 



I. 



APRIL BIRDS. 



Worcester, April 9, 1887. 



My dear Mr. Editor, — In contribut- 

 ing this series of letters to your esteemed 

 paper I am realizing an idea I have long 

 had in mind of attempting through your 

 columns to awaken some general interest 

 in the study of bird songs. In pursuance 

 of this idea I shall endeavor in this letter 

 to describe the songs of some of our earli- 

 est birds, which it will be comparatively 

 easy to master thus early in the season, 



