. Wood notes wild, notations of bird music; . ning of the 28th being rainy, I feared I should seeno birds, but by 9 oclock the clouds began to vanish, andsuddenly there were three species within four rods of mywindow,— a flock of snow-birds, a white-breasted nut-hatch, and the bluebird. The latter lit upon the stumpof a small plum-tree, when white-breast lit upon theside of the stump and began to dart up and downand around, below him. The bluebird was evidentlypuzzled at his friends eccentric movements. Shiftmgquickly from point to point, he would peer over in avery quizzical and comical manne
. Wood notes wild, notations of bird music; . ning of the 28th being rainy, I feared I should seeno birds, but by 9 oclock the clouds began to vanish, andsuddenly there were three species within four rods of mywindow,— a flock of snow-birds, a white-breasted nut-hatch, and the bluebird. The latter lit upon the stumpof a small plum-tree, when white-breast lit upon theside of the stump and began to dart up and downand around, below him. The bluebird was evidentlypuzzled at his friends eccentric movements. Shiftmgquickly from point to point, he would peer over in avery quizzical and comical manner, as much as to say, How do you do that ? It was a pretty pantomime ;and though no music was added to my notes, I wasgrateful for the call. When the silent birds took tothe air and left me alone again, I could not but exclaim, How beautiful are birds, and where is the match for theblue of the bluebird ! Thus far the bluebird sang in the key of D afterward heard him sing in several keys, as hererepresented: — WOOD NOTES WILD. 10o. pf*-r r f—.-r r m ^ ^ 1 1 rii 11. July 14.
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