FAMILY Mnlotlltldx 



Again lie will clearly enunciate three syllables in that 

 part of the song (commonly burred) immediately pre- 

 ceding the last note, thus: 



Probably this form is the one to which were originally 

 applied the words, trees, trees, murmuring trees, and 

 ctieese, cJieese, a little more cheese ! But I am confident 

 that the bird's commonest form of rhythm consists of 

 but two rapid syllables preceding the last one. I say 

 rapid because if one will strictly observe the bird's t inn- 

 it will be found that he sings these two or sometimes 

 three notes in a space of time exactly equivalent to that 

 of one of the other notes. And yet there are those who 

 insist that a bird has no conception of rhythm? There 

 are, then, entirely aside from melodic variation, four 

 distinct rhythmic forms to this Warbler's song; here 

 they are: 



1 , Trees t trees , murm'- 



ring trees! 



2 Sleep, sleep, pretty 



one, sleep! 



3 Larboard watch a- 



hoy! or T is, 't is, 't is sweet here ! 



4 Sweeping skies with 



a spy-glass I 



Pine Warbler This bird has the Creeper's habit of cling- 



ing to the branches or trunk of a tree - Ifc 

 so inches * s a fo^y abundant Warbler, but is one of 

 April isth decidedly local proclivities; it is scarcely 

 found outside of the pine grove. The colors are 

 not striking. Upper parts olive slightly suffused with 

 gray; wings brownish gray tinged with olive, and 

 with lighter edgings of gray; two dull white wing- 

 bars; inner vanes of the outer tail feathers with white 

 patches near the tip; throat and sides bright cadmium 

 yellow fading into white on the under parts; sides of 



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