Rural School Leaflet. 



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of October. A great many continue their way farther south, but many 

 remain with us all winter. In April they begin again to think of their 

 family cares and leave us for the north. It is at this time that they begin 

 . to sing a song that is one of the sweetest of the spring. Rather soft and 

 low, it is, but quite canary-like in its character, at times seeming to 

 come from a great distance even though the singer be close by. 



The Tree Sparrow 



Over fifty per cent of the tree sparrows' food consists of the seeds 

 of obnoxious weeds and great credit is due them for the great number 

 of weeds thus destroyed. 



Suggestions 



Where to look. — The food of the tree sparrow being almost entirely the 

 seeds of weeds and grasses, one should look for them in places where 



