The Burgess Bird Book for Children 



called Tree Sparrows? I suppose it is because 

 they so often build their nests in trees? " 



"No," said Peter, "I didn't. Chippy shouldn't 

 be called Tree Sparrow, because he has a cousin 

 by that name." 



Johnny Chuck looked as if he doubted that. 

 "I never heard of him," he grunted. 



Peter grinned. Here was a chance to tell 

 Johnny Chuck something, and Peter never is 

 happier than when he can tell folks something 

 they don't know. "You'd know him if you didn't 

 sleep all winter," said Peter. "Dotty the Tree 

 Sparrow spends the winter here. He left for his 

 home in the Far North about the time you took 

 it into your head to wake up." 



"Why do you call him Dotty?" asked Johnny 

 Chuck. 



"Because he has a little round black dot right 

 in the middle of his breast," replied Peter. "I 

 don't know why they call him Tree Sparrow; 

 he doesn't spend his tune in the trees the way 

 Chippy does, but I see him much oftener in low 

 bushes or on the ground. I think Chippy has 

 much more right to the name of Tree Sparrow 

 than Dotty has. Now I think of it, I've heard 

 Dotty called* the Winter Chippy." 



"Gracious, what a mix-up !" exclaimed Johnny 

 Chuck. "With Chippy being called a Tree Spar- 

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