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During the months of July and August the Bay-winged Bunting 
(Pooecetes gramineus) ceases its usual vesper song, and vents his 
feelings in a loud, wild, Lark-like chant, which is poured forth as 
the hii'd rises high in the air ; he begins to sing as he leaves the 
prairie, and sings and soars till he has reached a height of fifty or 
sixty feet, when he again returns to earth. 
This air-song is not heard nearly as frequently as the common 
perching-song is in its proper season, nor have I heard both at 
the same time of year. The perching-song alone is heard during 
May and June, and again after the fall moult there is a renewal 
of the spring chantings — an aftermath of song, for the bird ceases 
his soaring lay, and once more sings for the setting of the sun. 
Another peculiar effusion of the Bay-wings is a prolonged 
twittering, uttered after dusk, as the bird runs on the ground. It 
is like a soft, continuous whispering of extracts from his various 
other musical performances. 
Auk, 2, Jan. , 1885. p. JL 3 . 
