98 NEWS FROM THE BIRDS. 



houses. He sings witli as mucli confidence and 

 gusto as his raral cousins in the distant marsh. 

 I have said that he mostly dwells in low- 

 lands, and he does ; but I have also found him 

 far up a mountain side where there was wet 

 ground covered with bushes. A damp place 

 is what he seems to want, w^hether it is low or 

 high. The song sparrow will make a j)leasant 

 ]3et, being very tuneful and easily kept on va- 

 rious kinds of seeds. Still, it is much bet- 

 ter to study him in his pleasant outdoor 

 haunts. 



