258 
Song, Organs of, 140. 
Song-birds. 
Bird-songs. — Birds. — Borrowing 
from birds.— Music.— Night-songs. 
—Notations.— Songs.) Australian 
singers, 209; Barrington, D. On 
notation of music of, 121; Table of 
comparative merit of British, 180; 
New South Wales, 209; Smee, A. 
Difficulty of recording notes of, 223; , 
Soc. for Introd. of Useful Singing- 
birds into Oregon, 182; Song of 
birds is innate, 175; Thompson, M. 
Duty of protecting, 136. 
Song guild, Emblem of the, 129. 
Song-sparrow. See Sparrow (melo- 
spiza melodia). 
Song-thrush. See Thrush (turdus 
mustelinus). 
Songs (See also Bird-song. — Bird- 
songs. —Inanimate music. — Melo- 
dies. —Music in nature. — Night- 
songs. — Notations. — Song-birds), 
Songs, Variations in. See Bird-song. 
Sparrow, Chipping (spizella socialis). 
Coues, Dr. E., 40; Notation, 40. 
Sparrow, Field (spizella pusilla), 26, 
85; Coues, Dr. E., 35; Extemporiz- 
ing, 148; Minot, H. D., 35; Nota- 
tion, 36; Torrey, B., 149; Wilson, 
Dr. A., 35. 
Sparrow, Fox-colored (passerella 
iliaca), 155; Baird, Brewer, and 
Ridgway, 155; Burroughs, J., 155; 
Notation, 44; Torrey, B., 155. 
Sparrow, Gambel’s white - crowned. 
Notation, 153. 
Sparrow, Golden-crowned. Notation, 
153. 
Sparrow, Hedge, 180. 
Sparrow, Reed, 180. 
Sparrow, Song (melospiza melodia). 
Bicknell, E. P., 147; Miller, O. T., 
169; Minot, H. D., 146; Nelson, 
H. L., 146; Notations, 23, By W. 
Flagg and the author, 125; Nuttall, 
T., 147; Stearns, A. W., 147; Tor- 
_ rey, B., 1465 Trill of, 23. 
Sparrow, White-throated (zonotrichia 
(See also Bird-song.— |. 
WOOD NOTES WILD. 
albicollis). Baird, Brewer, and Ridg- 
way, 149; Keeler, C. A., 153; Leach, 
M. L., 151; Minot, H. D., 150; 
Notations, 42, 150,151,152; Rhythm, 
154; Song, 8; Song interpreted as 
prayer to Saint Theresa, 150; Song 
shortens as the season advances, 
48; Variation in song of, 160. 
Spectator, The (magazine), 176. 
Speech, Music in, 129. 
Spencer, H., 140, 238. 
Spinning girls’ song compared with 
Tobin’s song, 20. 
Spizella pusilla. See Sparrow. 
Spizella socialis. See Sparrow. 
Starling, 183. 
Stearns, R. C., 142, 238. 
Stearns, W. A., vi, 238; Cat-bird, 159; 
Red-eyed vireo, 190; Song-sparrow, 
147; Wood-pewee, 144. 
Stein, F., 239. 
Sterne, C., 128, 239. 
Stewart, J. V. Willow-warbler (nota- 
tion quoted by J. E. Harting), 215. 
Stones, Musical, 129. 
Storer, D. H., and Peabody, W. B. O., 
239. 
Stuhr, (—) (bird-dealer), Portland, 
184. : 
Sturnella magna. See Lark. 
Sturt, Capt. C., 151, 239. 
Sully, J., 239, 242; Intervals in bird- 
song, 132; Rhythm in bird-song, 
181; Sexual selection improves bird- 
song, 188; Structure of melody, 132; 
Tonality in bird-song, 132. 
Swan. Arnaud, Abbé. Voice of, 216; 
Bertini;A. Notation, 216; Hawker, 
Col., 216. 
Swiss cross, The (magazine), 239. 
Sylvicolide, See American warblers. 
TABLE of comparative merit of British 
singing-birds, 180. 
Tanager. Difference between song of 
old and young, 26; Song of robin 
and, Nelson, H. L., 185, Samuels, 
E. A., 185. 
