. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . gely over-looked, but it wastiot the birds waiting forhis tardy mate, hehas rehearsed diligently from the taller bushes of the thicket, or else fromsome higher vantage jjoint of nia])le. dogwood, or fir tree. The burden isintended for fairy ears, but he that hath ears to hear let him hear a curious\owel scale, an inspirated rattle or trill, which descends and ends in a simplewarble of several notes. The trill, brief as it is. has three qualities of changewhich mak
. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . gely over-looked, but it wastiot the birds waiting forhis tardy mate, hehas rehearsed diligently from the taller bushes of the thicket, or else fromsome higher vantage jjoint of nia])le. dogwood, or fir tree. The burden isintended for fairy ears, but he that hath ears to hear let him hear a curious\owel scale, an inspirated rattle or trill, which descends and ends in a simplewarble of several notes. The trill, brief as it is. has three qualities of changewhich make it (|uite unique. .At the ojiening the notes arc full and slow,but in the instant necessary to the entire recital the pace accelerates, the])itch rises slightly, and the component notes decrease in volume, or \t the climax the tension breaks unexpectedly in the gentle, musical cadenceof the concluding phrases, whose notes much resemble certain of the YellowWarblers. The opening trill carries to a consi<leral)le distance, but thesweetness of the closing warble is lost to any but near listeners. The whole. and A HUNGRY CHICK. Ill-: WARBLER. 175 nia\ be rendered gra])liically soinew hat as fi)llo\vs: 0-o-d-d-i-i-e-e-e-e-e-eziicliy. zvicliy, u-ic-liy. In tlie brusli and under alarm these birds utter a brus(|ue, metallicscolding note, which is perfectly distincli\e locally, altho it much resemblesthat of the Oporoniis group East. ISy this mark alone may the mere greenishfemale be certainly discerned. Lutescent Warblers alxuind tlirudut western Washington, and easterly,when the Cascades nn- well ]), a^ upnu the Peiid dOreille. Jungleof any kind suits ^i them, whether itbe a thicket (ifyoung lirs at Ta-coma, an over-grown burn atSnoqualmie. awillow swamp inYakima County,or a salmon-berrytangle on De-struction are of deadgrasses well knit-ted and sunk the ground,or below it, insome moss the base of abush, or on someslo
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