38 EVERYDAY BIRDS 
The fox sparrow is to be heard from the 20th 
of March (I speak roughly) to the middle of April. 
In respect to voice and cadence, he is to me the 
finest of our sparrows proper, though I do not 
think him so finished an artist as the song and 
vesper sparrows. He may be recognized by his 
superior size and his bright rusty-red (reddish 
brown) color. Indeed, these two features give 
him at first sight the appearance of ‘a thrush. He 
is one of thesparrows — like the song, the vesper, 
the savanna, and the Ipswich — which are thickly © 
streaked upon the breast. 
The tree sparrow passes the winter with us, as 
I have said, but abounds only during the two 
migrations. He is in full song for the greater 
part of April. His distinctive marks are a bright 
reddish (“chestnut”) crown, conspicuous white 
wing-bars, and an obscure round blotch in the 
middle of his unstreaked breast. 
The white-throat, commonly a very abundant 
migrant, arrives about the 20th of April and re- 
mains till about the middle of May. His loud, 
clear song is remarkable for its peculiar and 
strongly marked rhythm. It consists of two com- 
paratively long introductory notes, followed by 
three sets of triplets in monotone— like see, see, 
peabody, peabody, peabody. This bird, too, 
perplexing as the sparrows are usually thought 
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