24 WOOD NOTES WILD. 



occasionally is omitted, especially in the latter part of 

 the season. There is a marked difference in the quality 

 and volume of the voices of different individuals. Dur- 

 ing the season of 1885 I listened almost daily to the 

 strongest and best sparrow voice that I have ever heard. 

 There was a fulness and richness, particularly in the 

 trills, that reminded one of the bewitching tones of the 

 wood-thrush. These are some of his songs: 



