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and at 4:38 the Orchard Oriole sang, followed at 4 :39!/2 by 



the Bronze Crackle. 



At 4 :40 the first Meadowlark was heard over in the Park. 

 Had I been closer to the Meadowlarks I might have heard 

 them earlier. 



By this time the Robins and Catbirds and Orioles had 

 quieted down and there was a decided lull in the great morn- 

 ing chorus. Later in the morning the various choristers 

 started their songs again, but never with the persistence nor 

 volume that characterized the first awakening chorus. 



The first English Sparrow was heard at 4:44; the Chirp- 

 ing Sparrow at 4:44; the Blue Jay at 4:44^. Chimney 

 Swifts were first heard at 4 :55 



The last bird to begin singing about the home this morn- 

 ing was the Bell's Vireo, which did not begin until 5 :05, an 

 hour and a half after the first Robin was heard. 



The morning chorus of birds about our homes is superior 

 to that in the deeper woods. There may be a greater variety 

 of notes and calls and of birds in the woods, but the relative 

 number of musical bird voices is greater about the home than 

 it is in the secluded portions of the forest. 



The night of June 22d, 1919, was spent on the Rifle 

 Range of the Park. I wanted to hear the sequence of morning 

 bird calls out in the woods and compare with those about 

 home. 



Mr. Walter Cunningham, a good bird student, kept me 

 company during the night, and rendered valuable assistance 

 in the morning in helping to check up on certain birds in the 

 open meadow, while I gave my attention to the bordering 

 dense woods. 



