BOB-WHITE. 



near Boston. The key is the same, but the bird began on 

 E flat, and jumped from F up to B flat. It need not be 

 supposed that the Quail confines himself to Bob-while 

 either, he frequently throws in an extra "bob" (see 

 song No. 3). Mr. Cheney, in Wood Notes Wild, also 



records a similar song. There was a children's May- 

 song, popular, I remember, in the public schools of New 

 York years ago, at the time George F. Bristow was 

 principal instructor of music, which began with Bob- 

 white's call, in a sixth. 



How rare the Quail is along the northern border of its 

 range, not only my own but Mr. Cheney's testimony 



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