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heard, and it is also lost at times when the music of the morning be- 

 comes fortissimo. Based on seven records, the average time of the 

 first song is 3.13 o'clock. The earliest awakening was at 2.54 on 

 June 10, 1905, when the song was given once, followed by another 

 rendering at 3.00, another at 3.07, and the next at 3.15, after which 

 the song was constant with brief pauses only. The average time 

 of getting into constant singing is 3.27 o'clock. One bird only is 

 usually within hearing. !^ 



12. The Veery (Hylocichla fuscescens fuscescens) is usually lo- 

 cated too remotely to be heard among the near songsters. Toward 

 the end of the recording the voice of one has been heard on three 

 occasions, either calling or singing, some distance below, namely, 

 at 4.40 and 5.00 (twice). But after the night at Cherry Pond, in 

 the haunt of the Veery the song was heard at 3.13 in the morning 

 from one bird, soon followed by three others. This record, which 

 plainly should take precedence, places the Veery near the Hermit 

 Thrush in the time of its beginning to sing. 



13. The Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythrophthahmis) has 

 twice been heard at 4.15 and 4.29 respectively. On a third occa- 

 sion, when I was at Cherry Pond, one began to call at 3.W in the 

 morning. This record, obtained in the haunt of the Cuckoo, should 

 give the species its relative place, as the later records undoubtedly 

 were not the first morning voicings of the birds. 



14. The Kingbird {Tyrannus tyrannus) has been located but 

 once within the range of hearing. On July 4, 1908, at 3.22 one was 

 heard. On the occasion of my spending the night at Cherry Pond 

 a bird was first heard at 3.24 in the morning. These two records 

 furnish an average time of 3.23; although it is not improbable that 

 if other records had been obtained, the Kingbird might rank some- 

 what earlier in the list. 



15. The Bluebird (Sialia sialis sialis), has been located 

 several seasons beyond the range of hearing. Four records furnish 

 an average of 3.25 as the time of first singing. The variation is 

 small, namely, 3.20, 3.24, 3.27, and 3.30 o'clock. The call was 

 heard on one occasion at 3.15 o'clock. Usually the song is contin- 

 ued but a few minutes, five to twenty, when the bird passes out 

 of hearing or becomes silent. But on July 9, 1904, one beginning 

 to sing at 3.20 continued its song most joyously and steadily until 



