. Birds of the Rockies . .So/o singing in thethrush realm mountain hermit thrush. AgainI had noticed a peculiarity abouthermifs minstrelsy — wheneverthe music reached my ear, itcame in two runs, the firstquite high in the scale, thesecond perhaps an octavelower. For a long time Isupposed that two thrusheswere singing responsively,but here at the Loop,after listening for a coupleof hours, it occurred to meas improbable that therewould invariably be a respon-dent when a thrush lifted up RAMBLES ABOUT GEORGETOWN 219 his voice in song. Surely there would sometimes, atleast, be solo singing in the
. Birds of the Rockies . .So/o singing in thethrush realm mountain hermit thrush. AgainI had noticed a peculiarity abouthermifs minstrelsy — wheneverthe music reached my ear, itcame in two runs, the firstquite high in the scale, thesecond perhaps an octavelower. For a long time Isupposed that two thrusheswere singing responsively,but here at the Loop,after listening for a coupleof hours, it occurred to meas improbable that therewould invariably be a respon-dent when a thrush lifted up RAMBLES ABOUT GEORGETOWN 219 his voice in song. Surely there would sometimes, atleast, be solo singing in the thrush realm. And so theconclusion was forced upon me that both strains ema-nated from the same throat, that each vocalist was itsown respondent. It was worth while to clamber labo-riously about the Loop to settle a point like that —at all events, it was worth while for one admirer of thebirds. HO! FOR GRAYS PEAK!. Plate VI Townsends Solitaire — Mijiadestes toiDiseiulii
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