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do not remember that many of them have al different no 



you know. As we Robins call 'cheerily-cheer-up,' and 'look- 

 look' and also 'quick-quick-quick,' as when young Robins on 

 their first flights do not always know about perching on the ta 

 branches but flutter along on the ground instead. And each of 

 these calls or notes has a different meaning or season which can be ' 

 learned by those who watch carefully. Chickadee you know, in 

 his black-capped and gray breasted coat, also calls besides his own 

 name, 'Chicakadee,' a call, 'Phoebe,' that sounds somewhat like 

 that of familiar dark backed Phoebe. And Junco that calls lightly 

 from the wayside bush tops all through the wintertime, has another 

 a sweet toned trill as he leaves for his northern homeland. White- 

 breasted Nuthatch who runs up and down and across the t: 

 trunks with broad sounding notes, in the springtime has a rolling 

 toned song that we do not always think of as of Xutchatch's. 

 Another, Bobolink, that bubbles so sweetly as he sways o'er the 

 meadowlands, in the Southland becomes a quiet toned brown coated 

 fellow and is called Reedbird. While these warbler folk one does 

 not remember so well from their song when they come southward 

 in the falltime, just a few light toned notes as they flit among the 

 bush and tree tops with now and then a wee bit of song. And 

 most of the birds about here have a number of different notes 

 beside their song and call note which most people usually know 

 first. Parent birds often try to encourage the young birds in their 

 first flight and call differently ; others find cosy nooks or pleasant 

 slopes or sheltered perches and call forth to their neighbors. And 

 some birds have a 'flight' note it's called given just before or while 

 swinging forth from a bush or tree top. And there are many 

 others quite as interesting." 



Robin had remained quite erect and still while speaking and 

 now bowed several times. 



"We thank you for telling us of that," we said quickly as he 

 passed. " And we're sure it will make it all the more pleasant and 

 interesting to become acquainted with the Folk of Birdland." 



"I hope it will," he said and then swung on to a farther stretch of 

 green grass tops, while on all sides notes could be heard again and 

 again, as we sauntered along through the Bird land Chorus of the 

 spring morning. 





