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WOOD NOTES WILD. 



115; Song of oriole at burial of, 

 170; Song of Wilson's thrush, 164; 

 Thaxter, C., on loons, 200; Whip- 

 poorwill, 168; Wood-pewee, 143; 

 Wood thrush, 161. 

 Axon, W. E. A., 140, 229. 



BAILY, W. L., 229. 



Baird, S. F., 128, 230, 239. 



Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, 149, 

 230; Fox-colored sparrow, 155; Her- 

 mit thrush, 165; Oven-bird, 167; 

 Scarlet tanager, 185; Tawny thrush, 

 163; Wood thrush, 162, 165. 



Baltimore oriole. See Oriole (icterus 

 Baltimore). 



Banvard, J., 230. 



Barrington, D., 230 ; Definition of bird- 

 song, 122; Imitation in singing- 

 birds, 174, 175; Intervals in bird- 

 songs, 121; Song-birds, quoted by 

 W. J. Broderip, 121; Table of com- 

 parative merit of British singing- 

 birds, 180. 



Bates, H. W., 128, 230; Cricket music, 

 128; Organ-bird, 186. 



Batty, J. H. Drumming of partridge, 

 198. 



Bechstein, J. M., 193, 230. 



Beckler, D. H., 230; Notations by, re- 

 ferred to by Dr. Golz, 115 ; Various 

 notations of bird-songs (and note by 

 editor), 208. 



Bee. flinrichs, A. Notation, 226. 



fielding, L., 230, 241 ; Big-tree thrush, 

 162; Variations in bird-songs, 163. 



Bell-bird, 195; Waterton, C., 196. 



Berthoud, H. Bird of paradise, 186. 



Bertini, A. Swan (notation quoted by 

 J. E. Ilarding), 216. 



Bicknell, E. P., 146, 230, 241 ; Effect 

 of moult and fatness on the singing 

 of birds, 147; Oven-bird, 166; Song- 

 sparrow, 147. 



Bird language. See Bird-song. 



Bird music. See Bird-song. 



Bird of paradise. Berthoud, H., 186. 



Bird-song. (See also Bird-songs. 



Birds. Borrowing from the birds. 

 Imitation. Music. Night-songs. 

 Notations. Songs. Song-birds.) 

 Affinity of tones, 6 ; Allen, G. Har- 

 monic intervals in, 134; Allen, J. A. 

 Variations in, 168 ; At Franklin, 158 ; 

 At Lynn, 158; At Worcester, 158; 

 Audubon, J. J. Inability to de- 

 scribe the songs of the birds, 114 ; 

 Barrington, D. Definition of, 122, 

 Intervals in, 121, Table of compara- 

 tive merit of British singing-birds, 

 180; fielding, L. Variations in, 163; 

 Bicknell, E. P. Effect of moult and 

 fatness on, 147 ; Birds sing flat, 152; 

 Birds sing out of tune, 152; Bright 

 plumage vs. song, 185; Burgh, A. 

 Birds are instinctive musicians, 135 ; 

 Childish writing on music of the 

 birds, 124 ; Development of, 8 ; En- 

 ergy expended in, 190 ; Evolution of, 

 5, 138 ; Gassendi, P. Prefers bird- 

 song to human music, 133 ; Genesis 

 of, 5, 134; Harmonic affinities in, 

 132, 133; Harmony produced by 

 bird-notes, 200; Improvement in, 

 174; Indescribable, 7, 166; Intervals 

 in, 133; Jesse, E. Variations in, 

 173; Knapp, J. L. No improve- 

 ment in, 176 ; Localities, 113 ; Miller, 

 0. T. Variations in, 169; Morning 

 song in Jamaica, 153; Nelson, H. 

 L. Change in key, 164; Organs of 

 song, 140; Pitch in, 131; Placzek, 

 Dr. B. Origin of the song-habit, 

 139; R., M. H. Bird-songs cannot 

 be copied, 114; Rhythm in, 131, 

 154, 208; Structure of melody, 130; 

 Sully, J. Intervals in, 132, Rhythm 

 in, 131, Sexual selection improves 

 voice, 138, Tonality in, 132; Sus- 

 tentation of tones in, 117; Time in 

 bird music, 131; Tonality or key in, 

 131; Torrey, B., 138; Variation in 

 the singing of same birds, 8 ; Varia- 

 tion of song between young and old 

 birds, 25, 26; Various notations of 

 music of nature, 203; Waltz and 

 bird-songs compared, 134 ; Whistling 



