THE SONG SPARROW. 



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bird, entering the city in great numbers, so that there 

 is scarcely an open garden where they may not be 

 found picking up the crumbs and pieces of waste 

 food that are thrown out. In the country they some- 

 times mingle in small flocks with the Tree Sparrows 

 and Titmice. They seem particularly active just 

 after a fresh fall of snow, flying about from bush to 

 bush with apparent delight, twittering and chirping 

 with great animation. We cannot help wondering 

 what a winter would be without the Snow Birds ; for 

 however we may appear to be indifferent to their 

 existence, they cer- 

 tainly exert a silent 

 influence upon us, 

 in enlivening and 

 animating a scene 

 which without them 

 might be dreary and 

 dull. 



Among the many 

 beautiful little Spar- 

 rows and Finches 

 that tenant our 

 groves during the 

 summer months, the 

 Song Sparrow and 

 the Indigo Bird pre- 

 sent themselves as 

 objects peculiarly 

 worthy of our attention. The former, although rather 

 a plain and unobtrusive little fellow, still merits o ar 



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Upper Jig. Snow Bird. 

 Lower fig. Song Sparrow. 



