April 
My attention was first called to the bird by 
hearing a remarkably clear and unfamiliar song 
at a distance, and I started inevitably to dis- 
cover its origin. The characteristic part of the 
song is a triplet of tones represented by the 
first, third, and fifth of the scale (these inter- 
vals being remarkably precise), uttered in rapid 
succession and repeated three or four times. 
The introduction of the song is an indescribable | 
and intricate modulation, but the triplet was 
never absent, and indeed was sometimes given 
without the introduction. It seems almost in- 
credible that so full and resonant a tone can 
issue from so tiny a throat. For a few days 
this was the finest songster in the Park, rival- 
ling the white-throated and the fox sparrows in 
its delicious clearness ; but the bird made only 
a flying visit, and was soon gone. Its greater 
rarity, as compared with the ‘‘ gold-crest,’’ is 
largely due to the fact that, whereas the latter is 
a winter resident, the former spends the winter 
farther south, and is seldom to be seen except 
in its semi-annual transit. 
I have also heard from the ‘‘ gold-crest”’ 
what was more than a twitter, but less than a 
song; but either it does not awake to the full 
sense of its musical responsibility so early in the 
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