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CHAPTER III. 



SONG SPARROW. Fringillafasciata. 



This humble looking and sociable Finch, 

 more familiarly known by the appella- 

 tion of "Tom-tit," is an inhabitant of the 

 whole continent of North America, and 

 is one of the hardiest and most interest- 

 ing of his tribe. 



His colour, though plain and monoto- 

 nous, being of a chestnut and greyish- 

 brown, is neat and handsome; and his 

 form, about the size of the Canary, taper 

 and graceful. 



His musical talents, however, are great, 

 and amply recompense for his want of 

 beauty by their sweetness of sound and 

 long continuance, being given without any 

 intermission through the whole of the 

 year. His lay resembles, in cadence and 

 delivery, the sweetest passages of that of 

 the Canary; but is possessed of a depth of 



