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Vires olivaceus.
1907.
July 19²* 20²* 21³* Bethel
23³* 24³* 25¹ 29ᶦ* 30½* 31⅔*
August 5¹* 6²* 7²* 9ᶦ* 10³* 11ᶦ* 12ᶦ* 15²* " "
1908 Vires olivaceus Bethel
July 29 copy② Maine.
The Red-eye is literally the
only bird which sings here well at
all hours. I heard him to sing
through the entire forenoon and afternoon
in two trees near the house and along
the village street although the heat
was intense. Soon the Goldfinch is
not so persistent a singer at this
season. The Robin sang quite as
frequently as the Red-eye up to three
or four days ago but now I have
seen and the Warbler Thrush only
here and the early morning and late evening.
In the early morning on the 19th the
very song lost on the 28th. The Chiffy
Song Sparrows and the Red-bellied
the darker bird singing occasionally but no
cuckoo still sing occasionally but no
longer steadily even during the latter hours.
1908 Vires olivaceus E. Umbarger
August 12 copy③
The only bird which has
continued to sing daily from the
date of my arrival, from July 1 to
today is the Red-eye.
The present time of the Red-eye.
All the others including even the
Goldfinch have ceased to be heard
regularly or frequently. But the
Red-eye continues to hold forth,
not only in the early morning
but at all hours of the day.
His song is now broken and feeble,
the notes being
crooked however, the notes being
often delivered at intervals of several
seconds and in feebler tones
tones, which they are remarks of
an hour or more in duration
when he will remain totally
silent. Of the other birds which
still sing occasionally I have
heard the Goldfinch, Redstart,
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