WOOD THRUSH 



z, 



/ am here. 



Then after that comes something like this, with the last 

 note doubled: 



S we f test finger, 



which is immediately succeeded by a pretty relative 

 phrase with a vibrating final note: 



Warbling cheerily. 



Still the singer continues, and in a burst of feeling rap- 

 idly reels off the following: 



There is a harmonic overtone to nearly all the notes 

 of the song, and frequently a strange and vibrant if not 

 harsh tone succeeds the three-note group, thus: 



It is difficult to explain the nature of a voice so pecul- 

 iarly musical; undoubtedly the Thrushes possess ex- 

 tremely short and extremely long vocal cords, and 

 probably the latter are vibrated along with the former 

 thus producing a singular effect of harmony. The rap- 

 idly repeated resonant note which frequently completes 

 a phrase has a distinct metallic ring which strongly re/ 

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