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125 



NEWNESS OF THE FIELD. Contin. 



While the old singing-master always spoke admiringly 

 of Mr. Flagg, in his estimation the musician fell far short 

 of the naturalist and the man. When we compare the 

 reports of the two of the song-sparrow's music it is not 

 surprising that he could not concur with him when he 

 wrote of his seven illustrations, "All the variations of 

 his song are given below." 



SONG SPARROW. Flagg : A Year with the Birds, p. 15. 

 No. 1. Theme. 



No. 2. Brisk. 



guttural. 



_ No. 3. Joyful. 



SONG-SPABROW. Cheney. (See Index, Song-Sparrow. ) 



1. 



