The Auk/13/1/Songs of the Western Meadowlark
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Songs of the Western Meadowlark.[1]
By L. Belding.
These songs of the Western Meadowlark (Sturnella magna neglecta) were copied at Gridley, California.
Numbers 1 and 2 are good examples of superior articulation. The pitch of No. 9 is uncertain, but that of the others is correct, or nearly so.
These twelve songs are selections from the best songsters. I have heard these songs many times, and have heard them sung imperfectly oftener than otherwise.
I have heard more writeable songs from this bird at this locality than at any or all places where I have been in this State, and I have always noticed the songs wherever I have been.
No. 1.
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No. 2.
No. 3.
No. 4.
No. 5.
No. 6.
No. 7.
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No. 8.
No. 9.
No. 10.
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No. 11.
No. 12.
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- ↑ For musical notations of songs of the Western Meadowlark as heard in Colorado, see Charles N. Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, 1881, pp. 145–150; as heard in Manitoba, see Ernest E. THompson, Amer. Mag., April, 1887 (republished in Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XIII, 1891, pp. 575–579).—Edd.