. Wood notes wild, notations of bird music; . f^^^! - ^ ^ ^^i^^g;=^^-^^FF. Like other thrushes and the chewink, the brown thrushis much on the ground. He is rather shy, — with all hisexuberance he sings as if he were keeping somethingback, — but he frequently shows himself in short flightsamong the bushes and when crossing the road, alwaysflying low. WOOD THRUSH; SONG THRUSH. TURDTJS MTJSTELINTJS. THIS is probably the most popular singer of all thethrushes. He may be heard at any hour of theday during the mating and nesting season, but his bestperformances are at morning and evening. While his
. Wood notes wild, notations of bird music; . f^^^! - ^ ^ ^^i^^g;=^^-^^FF. Like other thrushes and the chewink, the brown thrushis much on the ground. He is rather shy, — with all hisexuberance he sings as if he were keeping somethingback, — but he frequently shows himself in short flightsamong the bushes and when crossing the road, alwaysflying low. WOOD THRUSH; SONG THRUSH. TURDTJS MTJSTELINTJS. THIS is probably the most popular singer of all thethrushes. He may be heard at any hour of theday during the mating and nesting season, but his bestperformances are at morning and evening. While hismelodies are not so varied as those of the brown orthose of the hermit thrush, they are exquisite, thequality of tone being indescribably beautiful and fasci-nating. Chancing to hear him in the edge of thewoods at twilight as he sings. ^ ^ M ^ in a moment one is oblivious to all else, and ready tobelieve that the little song is not of earth, but a wander-ing strain from the skies. How is it that a bird has thatinimitable voice? Whence his skill in the use of it?When
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