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the bird passed in song (light at 2.58 on a moonlit morning, six 

 records of close similarity average 3.16 o'clock. The very early 

 record has been included in drawing the average, and the result 

 of the seven records is 3.13 o'clock. Mr. Allen's average for ten 

 records is 3.10, and Dr. Townsend is quoted with a 3.08 record. 

 My records, therefore, with the single exception named, are uni- 

 formly later, since five minutes require to he added to them in 

 ■comparing them with Boston records. And in even-song the King- 

 bird has not been heard as late as the other flycatchers by many 

 minutes. 



In early July, 1912. the song of a Wood Thrush was heard daily 

 in the woodland. At first the bird was located in the lower reaches 

 •of the wood and on July 2 and 4 averaged to sing 43 minutes before 

 sunrise. Later it frequented the upper section of the wood and 

 on July (i ami 9 the average time of first song was 34 minutes. 

 Twice also the song entered the record taken on the lawn, namely, 

 on July 7 and 10, when the average time was 34 minutes. The 

 average time of the six records is 37 minutes and 3.32 o'clock. 

 On one occasion the bird repeated its song a few times only during 

 the first ten minutes and then sang freely for fifteen minutes. On 

 another occasion two minutes after its first song it began to sing- 

 freely and continued singing for twenty minutes. The time given 

 in the first paper for three June records is 36 minutes ami 3.26 

 o'clock. 



Of the ten records in 1912 of the Crow's first call, averaging 35 

 minutes before sunrise and 3.35 o'clock, three are very exceptional, 

 since a call or two were heard much earlier than on the other seven 

 occasions, namely, 69, 49, and 41 minutes before sunrise respec- 

 tively. These few very early calls were not followed by others 

 until the usual time for the Crow to he heard. Were these few 

 exceptionally early calls disregarded, the average time of the ten 

 records would be 28 minutes ami 3.41 o'clock, and the variation 

 in time wotdd be but. nine minutes for the ten occasions. The 

 three exceptional records advance the average time of the ("row 

 seven minutes. The time given in the first paper was 21 minutes 

 and -S.44 o'clock, due to the inclusion of four unusually late records. 

 Had these been eliminated, the remaining ten records wotdd have 

 averaged 24 minutes and 3.42 o'clock, the variation in time being 



