THE ENGLISH SPARROW AND TTs ALLIES 



mentioned the crossbills, 1 yellow-bird, vesper-sparrow, 

 white-throated sparrow, tree-sparrow, chipping-sparrow, 2 

 snow-bird, song-sparrow, fox-sparrow, chewiiik, cardinal 

 grosbeak, rose-breasted grosbeak, and indigo-bird. Most 

 of these birds are known to every country boy. 



The family of Turdidae, <>r thrushes, includes several 

 common American birds, the robin, abundant about 



FIG. 2<!5. Cliipping-sparrow (tii>iz<>ll<i Nn<-i<tft*). 



houses during the summer but for the most part migrat- 

 ing south from New England during the winter : the wood 



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or song thrush, 8 one of our finest songsters; the bluebird, 

 one of the earliest of our migrants, with u the sky on its 

 back and the earth on its breast." 



The family of Sylviidae comprises the " warblers " of the 

 Old World. Here belongs the European nightingale. Its 

 common representative in this country is the ruby-crowned 

 kinglet (Fig. 267). 



1 Fig. 204. 



2 Fig. 205. 



Fig. 2(50. 



