SOKG-SPAKEOW. 



MELOSFIZA MELODIA. 



'T^HE sparrow family is a large one. There may be 

 -*■ twenty species, half of which, at least, spend the 

 summer in New England. The song-sparrows are the 

 most numerous; they sing the most, and exhibit the 

 greatest variety of melody. Standing near a small pond 

 recently, I heard a song-sparrow sing four distinct songs 

 within twenty minutes, repeating each several times. 



I have more than twenty songs of this sparrow, and 

 have heard him in many other forms. He generally 

 gives a fine trill at the beginning or end of his song. 

 Sometimes, however, it is introduced in the middle, and 



