142 SONG SPARROW. 



warbling melody even surpassing that de- 

 lightful songster; while his sprightliness in 

 the cage is also of a more lively cast. 

 His song early in the spring, is very 

 vigorous and loud, continued from day- 

 break until even after dark in the evening; 

 but in the fall it becomes, as if the bird 

 sympathizing with the solemnity of the 

 scene around him, of a softer, more touch- 

 ing, and although of a lower, by far to 

 me of a more delicious and entrancing 

 character. 



In confinement he may be treated in 

 every respect like the Canary-finch, to 

 whom he possesses a great affinity; occa- 

 sionally giving him any or all of the dif- 

 ferent kinds of grass-seed to be had in 

 the different s Bed-warehouses, on which, 

 in a state of nature, he almost entirely 

 depends for sustenance. 



The Song Sparrow would likewise be an 

 important bird for the fancier to rear with 

 the Canary, to produce fine mules, which 

 may readily be done by observing the 



