June 24, 1891
England
(no 2)
Chester - act as he sat high up in a linden
on a horizontal branch, and saw plainly through
my glass that he was a Blackbird. After a 
little, however, I disentangled the songs of these
two species and became reasonably sure of them.
The Thrush has much the louder and more
penetrating voice and his performance is more
brilliant and varied. It is, however, less sweet
& musical to my ears. The Jay bears a marked
resemblance to that of our Thrasher and the notes
- at least many of them - are similarly given in
threes. Some of the notes sound like imitations of 
those of other birds. These Song Thrushes were
literally swarming him. Three or four were constantly
in hearing at over wherever I went.
  The Blackbirds were less numerous but still very
common. They are delightful singers. The notes
are not given in a continuous series like those of
our Robin but in disconnected threes. Some of them recall the Robin's song
but there is not close resemblance. The performance
as a whole is inferior to that of our bird. The
notes are more confused and less full and
rounded. The bird sings at intervals of a minute [delete]at a time[/delete] or two
[delete]without stopping.[/delete] Sometimes it would fill the
intervals between two long periods with a medley
of loud calls and chirps among which the 
pip and laughing flight-note of [the] migratories
were very closely duplicated.
  An unseen bird it the top of a tall oak
uttered at frequent intervals a loud, [?],
exceedingly monotonous & unmusical soup which