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TAWNY THRUSH; WILSON'S THRUSH; VEERY (Turdus 



fuscescens) 58 



HERMIT THRUSH (Turdus pallasi) 59 



OVEN-BIRD ; GOLDEN-CROWNED ACCENTOR (Seiurus auro- 



capillus) 62 



WOOD-PEWEE (Contopus virens) 64 



THE NIGHT-HAWK (Chordeiles Virginianus) 66 



WHIPPOORWILL (Antrostomus vociferus) 68 



BALTIMORE ORIOLE (Icterus Baltimore) 71 



SCARLET TANAGER (Pyranga rubrd) 74 



ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK (Goniaphea Ludoviciand) ... 76 



RED-EYED VIREO ( Vireo olivaceus) 78 



YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT (Icteria viridis) 79 



BOBOLINK (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) 82 



INDIGO-BIRD (Cyanospiza cyanea) 85 



BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO (Coccygus erythrophthalmus) ... 87 



YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO (Coccygus Americanus) .... 89 



QUAIL ; BOB WHITE (Ortyx Virginianus) 90 



RUFFED GROUSE; PARTRIDGE; PHEASANT (Bonasa umbellus) 92 



GREAT NORTHERN DIVER ; LOON (Colymbus torquatus) . . 95 



GREAT HORNED OWL (Bubo Virginianus) 98 



MOTTLED OWL; SCREECH-OWL (Scops asio) 100 



HEN Music 104 



APPENDIX 113 



VARIOUS NOTATIONS OF THE Music OF NATURE . . 205 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 229 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS , .... 241 



INDEX 245 



