. Field book of wild birds and their music; a description of the character and music of birds, intended to assist in the identification of species common in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains . their own ideas and melodies regardlessof each other, and the music becomes an unintelligiblejumble. There is certainly a bit of rivalry going on, forRobin number one is getting excited and is hitting wildlyat his notes in allegro agitato time in good earnest IIt is a race now, no doubt, and one can not help think-ing it is every man for himself and the devil take the 3ii FAMILY Turdidse. hin
. Field book of wild birds and their music; a description of the character and music of birds, intended to assist in the identification of species common in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains . their own ideas and melodies regardlessof each other, and the music becomes an unintelligiblejumble. There is certainly a bit of rivalry going on, forRobin number one is getting excited and is hitting wildlyat his notes in allegro agitato time in good earnest IIt is a race now, no doubt, and one can not help think-ing it is every man for himself and the devil take the 3ii FAMILY Turdidse. hindermost until another interruption occurs and one ofthe birds fairly yells to the other in high staccato tones— j Twice 8va,. Y V g V ~V Wattlwdit!witlwa)! the Robin according to his average conduct,he is a noisy fellow ! But there is a host of good cheerin his music which the discriminating writer in AMasque of Poets early discovered : In the sunshine and the rainI hear the robin in the laneSinging Cheerily,Cheer up, cheer up ;Cheerily, Cheerily, Cheer up. These words fit the following music fairly well: Cffllegroagitato] -8- t f t, Cbeen up f cheerily, cheer) i-ly^ cheer up!. 312 BLUEBIRD. I have not altered the song in the slightest way in mak-ing this adaptation; the fit was a mere happen the vocabulary of the Robin is extensive; he mightor he might not have sung the above lines to his mate,what I heard him sing was what I had learned from abook! How impossible it is to be a disinterested intersprefer of bird music! Bluebird This is one of the earliest birds to arrive Sialia sialis jn ^q Spring; ft js a question which we March 10th are likely to meet first, the Bluebird or theRobin, but not infrequently a flash of thecerulean color tells us the Bluebird has won in the racenorthward. His personal appearance is tasteful if noteesthetic. Upper parts including wings and tail ultra-marine blue; there is a rusty tinge to the feather-tips inthe fall; un
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