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THE SOXG SPARROW. 



full grown, altho the parent birds, especially the father, may exercise some 

 slight supervision over them, even while busy with a second nest. 



Taken in Columbus. Photo by O. E. Jennings. 



SONG SPARROW'S NEST IN FERN. 



At this rate we should be overrun with Song Sparrows if there were 

 not so many agencies to hold the species in check. A young Song Sparrow 



