FOX SPARROW 129 



Fox Sparrows was observable also in the 

 suburban places which were visited. 



This handsome sparrow is shy, and when 

 only two or three are present they may 

 escape observation, since they are quite 

 prone when frightened to fly up from the 

 ground into the trees and there give only 

 their soft, sibilant calls which may not 

 arrest the attention. 



While commonly Fox Sparrows are not 

 in song in the Garden, I have many times 

 heard one sing in rich, full tones the beau- 

 tiful song of the species. When a bird has 

 entered upon singing, it has often seemed 

 as if he were constrained to sing, for he has 

 given himself entirely over to it for a con- 

 siderable time, if undisturbed. Such a song- 

 ster one morning occupied the top of the 

 old wistaria-covered arbor, which has since 

 been removed. Another on another oc- 

 casion was hidden among the spruce trees 

 which had been introduced as a windbreak 

 to rhododendrons. 



The period covered by the migration of 

 this species in the spring is not as ex- 



