50 BIRD WORLD. 



tell in acquaintance and friendship with the Sparrow, 

 and have help in getting a better look at other birds 

 that have to make their photographs on your eye- 

 cameras more quickly. Who knows that you may 

 not have begun to be a naturalist like Wilson and 

 Audubon in older times, or many men and w^omen 

 now ? 



When you have a picture in your mind of what all 

 sparrows do, you will add each season odd things that 

 you may see but once, and that perhaps no one has 

 seen but yourself. 



It is the fashion to find fault with our EnQ^Hsh 

 Sparrows ; first, for coming to America at all, and 

 then for thriving so. But the first ones did not come 

 of their own accord, and it is not their fault that our 

 air made their voices more sharp than we like. It 

 may be true that they have driven aw^ay the song 

 birds w^e love so well ; but even that, they ma)^ not 

 have meant to do. One who should know as well as 

 anybody has lately told us that the birds are begin- 

 ning to understand English Sparrow ways, and soon 

 we may have them all back again. I know one per- 

 son who would miss the active, cheerful little brownies 

 who stay when other birds are gone. 



