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IN NATURE (vol. xxxvi. pp. 343 and 605) reference was made to melodies of birds, &c. I have often heard in the provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia a bird which sings as clear and accurate a melody as can be given forth by any human songster. It is a small gray bird with double lunes of velvety white on the sides of its head. I do not know its name. The song varies somewhat in different individuals, but always has the same characteristics. The commonest form is as follows:—

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    W. L. GOODWIN

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GOODWIN, W. Music in Nature. Nature 37, 151–152 (1887). https://doi.org/10.1038/037151g0

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