DIFFERENT SPARROWS. 



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notes, and we cry, "The white-crowns are here!" 

 But there is only one. The main flock is on the 

 way. 



With most of our migratory birds, single individ- 



WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. 



uals appear ahead of the rest, for what purpose 

 we do not know. You will notice this with the 

 sparrows, and orioles, and bluebirds, and robins. 



Perhaps it is two or three days before the first 

 flock of white-crowns are seen. Then there is a 

 sudden, glad song everywhere, and you feel like 

 staying out of school just to look and listen. It 

 would seem as if these birds are glad the long 



