172 FAMILIAR FEATURES OP THE ROADSIDE. 



tlie trees of the woodlands, and lays four or five 

 white eggs marked ^nth umher-brown. 



The Peabody bird's song, which has a certain 

 agreeable pathos, is remarkable for its high pitch, 

 clear piccolo quality of tone, and freedom from the 

 faintest trace of shrillness. It ought to be familiar 

 to all of us who pass along the wooded road in early 

 July. It usually comes from the top of some neigh- 

 boring hill thus : 



8vd. 



slowly P 1 



'0.1 ,1 ^7 ,1 



J Old Sam Vea-bo-di/Pea-bo-di^Pca-bo-dij. 



Frequently, however, I have heard a shorter and ex- 

 tremely high, soft whistle thus : * 



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and again the bird once in a while subsides to a more 

 persuasive and plaintive call ; 



jj: ''""'y '^,"0 



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Old Jam Peabodu Peabodu Peabody. 



* The Peabody bird sings in several keys. I have heard this 

 particular song in two keys, in one of which the four upper notes 

 were almost beyond the range of my whistle. As I place the limit 

 of that at the third B flat above middle C it will at once become 

 apparent how surprisingly high this bird can sing. 



