. Wood notes wild, notations of bird music; . # U U^ . U U^ . k U^ Mrit ^sS^^^U fef g 1 U y-g-^-g gsM- 6t>C(, ;^ =». :;» 8va. BALTIMORE ORIOLE. ICTEBUS BALTIMOBE. OF the Baltimore oriole, every whit American, it isdifficult to speak without seeming is the most beautiful of our spring visitors, has arich and powerful voice, the rarest skill in nest-building,and is among the happiest, most jubilant of birds. Themale generally arrives here a few days in advance of thefemale — the first week in May; though last spring(1884) I did not see the oriole till early on the morningof th
. Wood notes wild, notations of bird music; . # U U^ . U U^ . k U^ Mrit ^sS^^^U fef g 1 U y-g-^-g gsM- 6t>C(, ;^ =». :;» 8va. BALTIMORE ORIOLE. ICTEBUS BALTIMOBE. OF the Baltimore oriole, every whit American, it isdifficult to speak without seeming is the most beautiful of our spring visitors, has arich and powerful voice, the rarest skill in nest-building,and is among the happiest, most jubilant of birds. Themale generally arrives here a few days in advance of thefemale — the first week in May; though last spring(1884) I did not see the oriole till early on the morningof the 15th. He had just arrived, and determined tomake up for lost time, he set the whole neighborhoodringing: —. Hardly a songster, the oriole is rather a tuneful caller,a musical shouter; nevertheless, as will appear, he some- 72 WOOD NOTES WILD. times vents his high spirits in ingenious variations indic-ative of superior possibilities. Years ago I heard, froma large, tall elm standing in an open field, a strain thebeauty of which so struck me that it is often waftedthrough my mind to this day. It was the orioles voice,but could it be his song ? — # i ^* ^^ It proved to be, and it became with me a favorite argu-ment for the old form of the minor scale — the seventhsharp ascending, natural descending. But a still greater deviation from the usual vocal de-livery of orioles was noticed in Dorset, Vermont, on the22d of May, 1884, the new song continuing through theseason. A remarkable feature of the performance wasthe distinct utterance of words as plainly formed as thewhippoorwills name when he tells it to all the hills.
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