BALTIMORE ORIOLE. 



of the notes only. Now the music of song No. 1 from a 

 bird in Forest Hills, Mass., is as follows: 



It is to be regretted that the bird did not finish, or sup- 

 plement his theme with the following variation, which 

 strangely enough came from another fellow in another 

 part of the State (Roxbury), a year later: 



But that is usually the way with Orioles, they leave you 

 to find out who has the rest of the tune and where it 

 will be heard, while they forage among the blooms of the 

 old apple-tree in search of caterpillars. Occasionally, 

 again, one gets the last half of a tune and never hears the 

 first part. 

 Here is an instance: 



N92 



mf. This wds hisfmdle! -there was no beg inn in 



