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Table S1. Sound examples of hermit thrush songs classified as harmonic and nonharmonic
Sample Recording date
2

07/11/1970

05/26/1988

Recording location
Upper Peninsula, MI

Upper Peninsula, MI

Song type Harmonicity Recording speed SI audio file

A

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

1
6
1
6
1
6
1
6
1
6
1
6

S2
S3
S4
S5
S6
S7
S8
S9
S10
S11
S12
S13

Sample numbers correspond to those listed in Table 1. For an explanation of song types see Materials and
Methods. Harmonicity (i.e., whether the frequencies of the individual song notes are integer multiples of an
implied base frequency) was determined using a generative Bayesian model and a least-squares regression
model as described in Materials and Methods. For recording speed, 1 corresponds to the actual speed of the
birdsong, whereas 6 indicates that the recording has been slowed down by a factor of 6 to bring the speed and
frequency of the songs into a range more suitable for human hearing.

Audio File S1. Sound example corresponding to Fig. 2. First, the notes of the hermit thrush song shown in Fig. 2A are heard. Then, the same notes rearranged
in ascending order (shown in Fig. 2B) are heard. Finally, pure tones corresponding to overtones 3, 4, 5, and 6 of an overtone series fitted to the frequencies
corresponding to the notes of the hermit thrush song are presented.

Audio File S1

Audio File S2.

A hermit thrush song type classified as harmonic (actual speed). From sample 2, song-type A (see Table S1 for more details).

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Audio File S3. A hermit thrush song type classified as harmonic (slowed down 6). From sample 2, song-type A (see Table S1 for more details).
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Audio File S4.

A hermit thrush song type classified as nonharmonic (actual speed). From sample 2, song-type B (see Table S1 for more details).

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Audio File S5.

A hermit thrush song type classified as nonharmonic (slowed down 6). From sample 2, song-type B (see Table S1 for more details).

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Audio File S6.

A hermit thrush song type classified as harmonic (actual speed). From sample 2, song-type F (see Table S1 for more details).

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Audio File S7.

A hermit thrush song type classified as harmonic (slowed down 6). From sample 2, song-type F (see Table S1 for more details).

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Audio File S8.

A hermit thrush song type classified as harmonic (actual speed). From sample 4, song-type A (see Table S1 for more details).

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Audio File S9. A hermit thrush song type classified as harmonic (slowed down 6). From sample 4, song-type A (see Table S1 for more details).
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Audio File S10. A hermit thrush song type classified as harmonic (actual speed). From sample 4, song-type E (see Table S1 for more details).
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Audio File S11.

A hermit thrush song type classified as harmonic (slowed down 6). From sample 4, song-type E (see Table S1 for more details).

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Audio File S12. A hermit thrush song type classified as nonharmonic (actual speed). From sample 4, song-type G (see Table S1 for more details).
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Audio File S13.

A hermit thrush song type classified as nonharmonic (slowed down 6). From sample 4, song-type G (see Table S1 for more details).

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