A Day on the Bay Shore, 



What a human little fellow he is, 

 modest and friendly, full of good cheer, 

 gentle in his ways and intelligent in his 

 bearing. In these two species we see 

 types of the lowest and highest of 

 North American birds. 



There are a number of land birds 

 which live about the bay shore and 

 which we cannot fail to see during our 

 day's ramble. Down among the marsh- 

 grass and along the very shores of the 

 bay flock the interesting Bryant's spar- 

 rows. They belong to an obscurely col- 

 ored genus, known as the savanna- 

 sparrows, which are widely distributed 

 over North America, and differ locally 

 in trivial variations of size and intensity 

 of coloration. All are buffy or brownish 

 gray in color, streaked with blackish or 

 brownish markings. The under parts, 

 which are also streaked, are generally 

 white in tone, and the edge of the wing 

 and a line above the eye are yellowish. 

 The savanna-sparrows are rather small, 

 slender birds, with long wings and short 

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