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first two notes. That accounts also for the 



occasional prolonged trill which one hears ; TdHooleef, 

 for when a young bird has tried many times Jltffc 

 for his grace note without success, and then Vg/ce 

 gets it unexpectedly, he is so pleased with 

 himself that he forgets he is not Whippoor- 

 will, who tries to sing as long as the brook 

 without stopping, and so keeps up the final 

 lillooleet-lillooleet as long as he has an atom 

 of breath left to do it with. 



But of all the Killooleets, — and there 

 were many that I soon recognized, either by 

 their songs or by some peculiarity in their 

 striped caps or brown jackets, — the most 

 interesting was the one who first perched on 

 my ridgepole and bade me welcome to his 

 camping ground. I soon learned to distin- 

 guish him easily ; his cap was bright, and his 

 white cravat very full, and his song never 

 stopped at the second note; for he had 

 mastered the trill perfectly. Then, too, he 

 was more friendly and fearless than all the 

 others. The morning after our arrival (it was 

 better weather, as Simmo and Killooleet had 



