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iormea wunoui pause ana with splendid accuracy: Phoebe, three distinct songs of a Caroline Wren, scold notes of a Robin, the reep of a crested Flycatcher, several raucous calls of a Blue Jay, Red-eyed Vireo (where did he hear that Woodland singer?) and a Redwinged Blackbird.
Between imitations — each repeated several times — Mimus tossed out his own notes, or maybe they were variations on the songs of other birds. I wouldn’t know about that, for the embellishments are intricate.
The Mockingbird made an attempt at repeating the song of the Wood Thrush, that singer of measured, flute-like notes one hears in the cool shade of the Virginia woods at dawn and at twilight. This ethereal song was beyond Mimus’s formidable ability; it had an edge to it, lacking the fluid quality one hears from
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