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song with these of the Camlian Warbler and I am sure 

 further explanation or comment will be unnecessary. 

 There are no two tunes alike, so the similarities must be 

 confined mostly to quality of tone. The Canadian War- 

 bler sings this way: or this 



way: The lines express the rhythm 



in a very lame way, however; here is the notation of 

 the first form: 



Vivace. 3 times Sut_ _f 

 f\ cres ^"^~~^ ~ 



and here is that of the second form: 

 Vivace. f 





1u, tu, t-swe-e, tu, tu. 



Neither of these songs resembles that of any other 

 Warbler; besides, the pitch of the Canadian's voice is 

 much higher than that of the Yellow Warbler, the song 

 is less melodic, and the crescendo comes just before the 

 last two notes. The syllables recorded by Mr. Jones are, 

 "tu, tu, tswee tu tu." These seem to fit my second 

 notation. 



American This little jet black Warbler with his 



Redstart vivid patches of salmon-scarlet possesses a 



Setophaga . . ' .., ,1 



ruticilla scheme of coloring at variance with that 



L. 5.40 inches of every other member of the Warbler 

 May loth Family. He strikes a discordant note, 



somehow or other, which sets us to wondering whether 

 he really belongs where the ornithologist has placed 

 him! Perhaps, however, we might find in South Amer- 

 ica some of his relatives who would supply the missing 

 colov links. The bird is a symphony in black and red; a 

 subject for the brush of a Whistler! His upper parts, 

 throat and breast are lustrous black; terminal parts of 

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