Bird Observations 



sparrow, and quite loud. It is much like 

 that of a winter wren. The song I have 

 heard a number of times, a deliciously 

 sweet fairy-like performance. 



April 24, 1902. Heard three different 

 individuals singing this morning. All had 

 the chattering notes, interspersed with a 

 hurried louder whistle, very like the 

 "cher-o-kee, cher-o-kee" of the Carolina 

 wren. This part of the song could be 

 heard some distance, though of course it 

 was not as loud as the wren's. 



April 1 6, 1903. Saw a kinglet with a 

 gorgeous ruby crown, and supposed a fe- 

 male must be near whose attention he was 

 trying to attract, but I soon saw another 

 male, also showing his ruby spot. There 

 was a little sparring and then the one I had 

 first seen flew away, his whole head look- 

 ing like a living coal of fire. 



April 27, 1907. Heard five kinglets 

 singing this morning as I walked to Julia 

 Thompson's. 



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