86 BIRD PARADISE 



the questions, From what source did the bobo- 

 link derive his song, and how does he keep the 

 delicious medley in shape so handsomely? It 

 rattles off a thousand times or more during the 

 song season with never a note seemingly missing. 

 I have tried again and again to reduce the refrain 

 to a word form but never have made any large 

 success of the effort. About the first of August 

 the song ceases altogether. A mouth is then 

 given to a kind of wild, free bird play. Then 

 comes the first stroke of migration, ending with 

 a change of name to Pennsylvania reed bird. 

 About the last of September he wings his way 

 still farther southward, again receiving a new 

 name, that of rice bird. In December he reaches 

 the shores of the Gulf, and a little later floats 

 across to the wilds of South America where he 

 spends the remaining winter months. 



One of our bright colored wood songsters bears 

 the name of indigo bird, or woodfinch. An- 

 other name he sometimes receives is that of blue- 

 finch. He is also called the indigo bunting. 

 He finds his way to the Northern home about the 

 middle of May, and while he is not a great singer 

 he adds a very pleasing melody to the forest 



