. The birds and seasons of New England . atitudes, which are generally inhabited 42 SINGING-BIRDS. by civilized man. Savages and barbarians, who are theprincipal inhabitants of hot countries, are seldom ob-servant of the songs or liabits of birds. A musician ofthe feathered race, no less than a Iniman singer, musthave an appreciating audience or his powers could notbe made known to the world. But even with the sameaudience, the tropical birds would probably be less es-teemed than those of equal merit in our latitudes, foramid the stridulous and deafening sounds from insectsin warm climates the
. The birds and seasons of New England . atitudes, which are generally inhabited 42 SINGING-BIRDS. by civilized man. Savages and barbarians, who are theprincipal inhabitants of hot countries, are seldom ob-servant of the songs or liabits of birds. A musician ofthe feathered race, no less than a Iniman singer, musthave an appreciating audience or his powers could notbe made known to the world. But even with the sameaudience, the tropical birds would probably be less es-teemed than those of equal merit in our latitudes, foramid the stridulous and deafening sounds from insectsin warm climates the notes ol birds are scarcely , however, the comparative number of singing-birds is greater in the temperate zone, where there aremore of those species that build low, and live in theshrubbery, which the singing-birds chiefly frequent. Inwarm climates the birds are obliged to live in trees, andthe vegetation of the surface of the ground will not sup-port the Finches and Buntings, which are the chief sing-ers of the BIEDS OF THE GAEDEN AND OECHAED. 11. THE yiKEO. In the elms on Boston Common, and in all the loftytrees of the suburbs, as well as in the country villages,are two little birds whose songs are heard daily andhourly, from the middle of May until the last of sum-mer. They are usually concealed among the highestbranches of the trees, so that it is not easy to obtainsight of them. These birds are two of our WarblingFlycatchers, or Yireos; one of which I shall designateas the Brigadier, tlie other as the Preacher. I give belowthe song of the Brigadier: —
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