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wasset wound its silvery way between the wooded hills 

 and the spreading green intervale; the little hill on 

 which I stood was carpeted with the rich rusty-brown 

 pine needles of past seasons, and here and there a gray 

 lichen-covered boulder cropped out from among tht- 

 green ferns and the forest's russet floor. It was indeed 

 a lovely spot. Some bright-faced, appreciative girl 

 would have said, had she been present, " What a sweet 

 place for a picnic!" Perhaps I thought so too, for, at 

 the moment, I heard, among the green, swaying, sighing 

 pine branches overhead, a tiny bird distinctly sinn;: 



Twice 



This, then, is a second frequent song of the Black- 

 throated Green. Here is another rendering of the same 

 song; it comprises a major third, instead of a minor 

 third like the other, and one more note is added: 



3 timej 



eS ' 



r r r r r 



This came from the Arnold Arboretum. Here is yet 

 another similar song from Arlington Heights, Mass., 

 which is exactly like the record given by Mr. Cheney: 



Vivace. * 



This, he likens to a bar of the familiar old sea song Lar- 

 board Watch in which the notes are dotted; that, how- 

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