NATURE'S CAROL SINGERS. 



scale and expires upon the air in a gentle 

 murmur." 



Willow Wrens proclaim their presence 

 directly they arrive in this country by 

 commencing to sing, and continue to 

 do so until the end of July. I have 

 heard one, together with a Robin and 

 a Song Thrush, carolling in my garden 

 to-day — the i6th of August. After 

 moulting, they commence their music 

 again in September, so they are not 

 long silent. 



The song varies, like that of many 

 other melodists, in different parts of the 

 country, and is sometimes uttered on the 

 wing. The alarm note is a plaintive 

 t-wheet, with the first t suggested rather 

 than sounded. 



