the cardinal and peter-birds.  What a seemingly endless variety of songs these two have!  And yet all of them are distinctive of the bird.  Once I heard a call of the cardinals, that I rarely hear and which is one his most charming one.  He songs “Che-whoit΄, Che-whoit΄, Che-whoit΄, Che-whoit΄, Che-whoit΄, che-whoit΄, Che-whoit΄, Che-whoit΄, very rapidly; it sounds almost like a warble and seems to be a song of tenderness and love.  His song “What cheer, wht cheer, whoit,whoit, whoit whoit whoit” is really a song of cheerfulness while his “Cheer-oip, Cheer-oip, cheer’p cheer’p cheer’p cheer’p, cheer’p” express exuberance and power and a joy of living.
     The songs of a Peter-bird do not vary so noticeably as those of the Cardinal – that is; is different resemble each other more than the different songs of the latter bird.  His most common is:
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     In it he says “Peter,” mostly clearly.  Another is somewhat the same, but higher and more metallic.  The first expresses cheerfulness and joy, but he has one that sounds