. The birds of Washington; a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . ything but a forgettable bird-person. Whatever be the time of year, Siskins roam about in happy, rollickingbands, comprising from a score to several hundred individuals. They movewith energy in the communal flight, while their incessant change of relativepositions in flock suggests those intramolecular vibrations of matter, which 86 THE PINE SISKIN. the new physicists are telling us about. When a bird is sighted alone,one sees that it is the graceful, undulatory, or looping,*
. The birds of Washington; a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . ything but a forgettable bird-person. Whatever be the time of year, Siskins roam about in happy, rollickingbands, comprising from a score to several hundred individuals. They movewith energy in the communal flight, while their incessant change of relativepositions in flock suggests those intramolecular vibrations of matter, which 86 THE PINE SISKIN. the new physicists are telling us about. When a bird is sighted alone,one sees that it is the graceful, undulatory, or looping,* flight of cousinGoldfinch which the social Siskin indulges so recklessly. Many of the notes, too, remind us of the Goldfinch. There are firstthose little chattering notes indulged a-wing and a-perch, when the birds arenot too busy feeding. The koodayi of inquiry or greeting is the same. Butthere is another note quite distinctive. It is a labored, but singularly penetrat-ing production with a peculiar vowel sound (like a German umlauted u),sum or zzeem. So much effort does the utterance of this note cost the bird,. THE DRAPERIES OF PARADISE. RAINIER AS SEEN BY THE SISKIN. Photo by W. Leon Dawson. that it always occasions a display of the hidden sulphur markings of wingsand tail. When fired by passion the Siskin is capable, also1, Of extended daytime serenade is vivacious, but not loud except in occasional pas-sages,—a sort of chattering, ecstatic warble of diverse elements. The birdhas, besides its own peculiar notes, many finch-like phrases and interpolations,reminding one now of the Goldfinch, and now of the California Purple most striking phrase produced in this connection is a triple shriek of theEvening Grosbeak, subdued of course, but very effective. Tho- perhaps not numerically equal to the Western Golden-crownedKinglet, nor to the Western Winter Wren, there is not another bird in Wash-ington which enjoys a more nearly uniform distribution than the P
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