Sparrow, Field 



appearance; he seems such a gentle, innocent, dove-Hke 

 Uttle bird. His song is in keeping with his character, 

 being an unusually clear, plaintive whistle, sweeter to 

 the lover of birds' songs than the voice of the most gifted 

 songstress. 



Chapman. Handbook of Birds.^^ 



Song: 



Fe-o, fe-o, fe-o, few, few, few, fee, fee, fee. 



Burroughs. 



A fine strain, beginning with two or three high, sustained, 

 piercing notes, then running into a succession of similar, 

 more rapid notes, all in a minor key, and often running 

 down, or occasionally up the chromatic scale. 



Selected. 



The Field Sparrow 



A bubble of music floats 



The slope of the hillside over; 

 A little wandering sparrow's notes; 



And the bloom of yarrow and clover. 

 And the smell of sweet-fern and the bayberry leaf, 



On his ripple of song are stealing; 

 For he is a chartered thief. 



The wealth of the fields revealing. 



One syllable, clear and soft 



As a raindrop's silvery patter. 

 Or a tinkling fairy bell, heard aloft. 



In the midst of the merry chatter 



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