West Va April 1874 The Florida carolina I started from the river bank whrn it flows to the top of a night oak. I found at very shy I could not obtain a shot. Next heard a Serious voice whether birdie, or not. I am unable to say but think it must have been the other as I found them so about there yesterday. The song however was very different from at the N. though having the same general character: its alarm chirp was exactly identical. The Carolina's sings almost as frequently as the & I goes through all his variations. Molothrus ater is common has the familiar big red or [illegible] but in addition a note entirely new, a harsh hipping z—up. The handle order of A. phoenicurs described on last page is peculiar to all (doings) I then heard him. I was so unfortuned as to miss a good shot at a Carolina Carolinus. He was a woodpecker or very suspect nothing noticeable for action or flight, made a rarely swoak almost like a prop. His rattling tree trunk tapping was also peculiar being rather faster than in most of the family. Heard the song of Paurus Car. I took it a first for an abnormal song of Red Bird. It consisted of four distinct notes, the first high, the second several octaves higher, the third lower than the first