England. 
Oxford.
1911.
July 5
(No 4)
[July 5, 1911]

Song of the Thrush.

  There is much in the song of the Thrush to remind one of
that of our Mockingbird and Brown Thrasher but it is less hurried
and confused and none of its notes seem to have been borrowed from
other birds although they vary almost infinitely with different individuals
and widely with the same individual. As with the Thrasher the same 
note is habitually repeated twice or thrice in quick succession while every
now and then it may be thus given as many as four or five times.
As a rule the bird makes a distinct pause between each set of notes,
at least at this season when the interval of silence sometimes lasts for
several seconds. All the notes are clearly enunciated while many of 
them are given with strong and apparently very carefully regulated
distinctness and emphasis. Some sound very like human whistling 
of a staccato and somewhat intricate character and they may be almost
startling in their distinctness and abruptness. The bird's voice is loud, clear
and resonant, but almost wholly lacking in sentiment or spirituality.
Thus while he is an admirably trained and very pleasing musician he
fails to thrill one as does the Blackbird or even Robin Redbreast. Nonetheless
he is worth going very far to hear. The best singer I have found anywhere