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sician, who has lived among the birds in the green 

 hills of Yermont, that we are indebted for any scien- 

 tific knowledge of bird music. 



In a previous volume * I have devoted some at- 

 tention to the songs of the thrushes, and have given 

 a song of the hermit thrush which is almost identical 

 with one reported by Mr. Cheney. It is character- 

 ized by thirds and triplets. Here is a portion of it : 



Bva.m-f 



■pz 



r rn t^rft: 



But this is only one phase, although a very common 



one, of the hermit's music, 

 better than that, and be- 

 ber of most extraordinarily 

 very whistles, he gives us a 

 reedlike series of pianissimo 

 tones which I can only liken 

 to those of a 



He can do even 

 sides a num- 

 clear sil- 

 subdued. 



fe 



harmonicon. 



It is very 

 likely that this peculiar na 

 ture of these pianissimo notes — 

 they can not be heard more than 

 forty feet away — suggested to 



The Hermit Thrush. 



* Familiar Features of the Roadside. 



