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dispite the diaappearance of so large a part of their favorite 
evergreen trees* They are singing now at all hours but most freely 
at morning and evening^ earlier and later than most other birds. I en£ 
joy their songs exceedingly and am inclined to rate them higher than 
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any other Thrush music except that of the Hermit. There is a peculiar 
rich, guttural, rolling quality to their voices. Besides the song I 
hear the te-cha- a-a-a call (which I cannot certainly distinguish from 
that of the Veeryjt the >eenk or pink and a 
high-pitched, rather woodeny, piping note / given at short regular inter*- 
vals and not so very unlike the peeping of a Hyla^but less clear and 
musical. The last-named call is seldom given except at morning and 
evening . 
I am having a fine opportunity here to study and compare 
the song4of th Hermit, the Swainson‘s and the Wilson's Thrushes. The 
Swainson's is much the more persistent singer of the three, being 
often heard at all hours of the day when the other two species are 
nearly always silent save at morning and evening. Slowly but surely 
I am coming to the conclusion that the Swainson's is the finest sjng- 
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