Vol XXX 



L913 



Wright, Morning Awakening and Evensong. Ooi 



Of the fifteen occasions of even-song in the season of 1 1 l? Olive- 

 backed Thrush was the latest singer on eleven, Veery on two, and 



1 Icnnit on tWO. Holding position next to the last singer was Wood 



Pewee on seven occasions, Veery on five, Olive-backed Thrush on 

 two. and Wood Thrush on one. Of twenty-three occasions of 1913 

 Olive-backed Thrush was the last singer on thirteen, Robin on five, 

 Veery on Three, and Hermit Thrush on two. Holding place next to 

 the last singer was Veery on seven occasions, Olive-backed Thrush 

 on six, Robin on five, and Hermit Thrush on five. With the 

 western sky clear und the sunset glow remaining late, even-song has 

 extended once to 8.15 o'clock and 45 minutes after sunset, an un- 

 usually late Robin singing a few times at 8.14 and giving final calls 

 one minute later. 



The last song of all as recorded on ten occasions in L912 was given 

 with a variation in time of only three minutes, namely, from thirty- 

 seven to forty minutes after sunset, or between 8.07 and 8.10 o'clock. 

 Twenty-three records of 1913 average 40 minutes after the latest 

 sunsetting or 8.10 for the last note. This indicates how regular 

 in relation to the setting of the sun is the close of even-song, and 

 how unfailingly one of four species of thrushes ends the singing, 

 either the Olive-back, the Veery, the Robin, or the Hermit, with 

 twenty-four chances in thirty -eight that the Olive-hack's voice 

 will be the last. One waits in the silence for a time and then 

 withdraws. The birds' night has closed around them. 



