THE MUSIC OF BIRD-SONG 



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Here are two strains from the limited repertoire 

 of the coal titmouse (heard in April) : 



P 





-*\ i u i i u | i u n - 



w* g^*-g^ 



This is a strain which I have heard sung from 

 time to time by the great titmouse : 



te . fe . fe . te . te 



The " G's " in this were rather flat. I did not think 

 it worth while to record many times the intervals 

 sung by the chaffinch. Its song usually runs thus : 



But on 26th May 1892, I heard at Brunswick 

 Square, Gloucester, a chaffinch singing most unusual 

 intervals ; these : 



This phrase was repeated many times. 



The music of the robin (I mean in its original 

 whistled notes) is sung so rapidly that it is very 

 difficult to follow. The following are three of the 

 most simple and distinct phrases which I have 

 recorded as sung by this bird : 



