Singing 
of the 
those of the Toxvhee’s song. Many birds sang on the ground, 
Sparrow 
on the ground 
merely pausing for a moment between two bites at the 
seeds to throw up their heads and pour out their rich notes, 
[Although I realize fully the utter inadequacy of 
any combinations of human words to express such sounds as 
those that go to make up bird-songs like the Fox Sparrow’s, 
Songs of the 
I am tempted to enter here the following renderings that 
Fox Sparrow 
I noted today, 
\ \ 
Peer, peer, per-see-per, tura-lu-leer. 
Peer, peer, serwrttilee (this by the bird that recalled a 
^ Towhee) 
Peer, pe, peer, see ler-wee-see-lee-sud, 
Tu, tu-e. tu-tery-twil-der-li-e^, 
\ 
Sweet, ser, sil-ser-see-tury-tua-tu. 
Call and 
Many birds put the strongest emphasis used in the 
entire song on its terminal note. 
Of notes other than those which pertain to the 
alarm notes 
normal song or its variations I heard the following. 
of the 
Tuck — only once all day. This is evidently a cry 
which betokens alarm or excitement. 
Fox Sparrow 
• 
Tee-e e e p -- heard only a few times. This is used 
chiefly by scattered birds calling 
to one another. They were not scattered 
to-day, 
When numbers of birds were feeding together, one or more 
of them was almost constantly uttering a series of chat¬ 
tering, clicking and snickering sounds so faint as to be 
audible only a rod or two away. These reminded me of the 
