Concord, Mass.
1900
May 18
(No 4)
Ball's Hill.
and monotonous as when given by Junco himself.
  To put the matter in another way the Lincoln's Finch
seems to lengthen & refine most of the songs which he
borrows from other birds breathing through them a
delicacy of sentiment peculiarly his own. On several 
occasions yesterday morning when the air was calm
& the bird singing on the ground within 15 feet of
us & in plain sight it seemed to me that I
had never before listened to any bird music so
exquisitely refined & charming. 
Songs of
Lincoln's 
Finch
  This particular Lincoln's Finch has displayed
a bullying spirit on many occasions driving from
the seed bed the Swamp Sparrows which tried to
get their share of the abundant feast but being
himself easily driven by the Song & White-throated
Sparrows.
  I have heard our White-crowned Sparrow sing
many times the past four days, usually in the
early morning. His song seemed to me most list
that of the Peabody bird beginning in almost
exactly the same form & tone but ending more
abruptly. I have heard a Peabody bird sing very
nearby the same notes in autumn or winter.
But probably this White-crown was not
really letting himself out although another
at the farm gave a closely similar song.
Altogether it had only four or five notes. I
should render it pee, pee, pe-pe-e
Song of the
White crowned
Sparrow.
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