tender and compassionate. It is:
                                                                        MUSIC SCALE
     Much softer and more tender than the real Peter song and sounds like “Pay-ter, Pay-ter, Pay-ter.” Still another is “P-tur, P-tur, P-tur, P-tur” given rapidly. I have before described his cry when he is disturbed – a short whistle followed by “Ssvee Isvee Isvee”, sometimes sounding quite like a chick-a-dee and again a little like a cat bird. It also had a sound of curiosity in it.
     A short distance past the acorn trees as I was walking along listening to many birds, I heard an odd chattering noise in the hollow, flowed by a sound of scuffling and then silence. Looking quickly to where I thought I heard the sound, I saw two streaks in the bushes, as of one animal pursuing others. Was this a race for life? I thought. I paused a moment hoping to see more that would enlighten me. Presently I heard a sound in the leaves on the side of the hollow opposite, and then I saw a fox-squirrel coming running along, until he came to a beech tree opposite me, when he paused