THE CHIPPING SPARROW 



By T. GILBERT PEARSON 



THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AUDUBON SOCIETIES 

 Educational Leaflet No. 80 



In the United States about forty kinds of useful, interesting, and 

 native birds are called Sparrows. The one known to more persons than 

 any other is the little confiding Chipping Sparrow. It is the bird that more 

 than any other, perhaps, shows its absolute trust in mankind. It seems 

 not to care for the deep forest, the windy beaches, the vast marshes, or 

 the impenetrable swamps where so many of the feathered denizens of the 

 land are wont to live. 



THE SPARROW WHOSE HOME WAS IN THE CLEMATIS- VINE 



Photographed by Joseph W. Lippincott, Bethayres, Pa. 



If you look for the Chipping Sparrow, particularly in spring, go to the 

 garden, for you can find it there, hopping along the rows of sprouting 

 vegetables. It does not injure any of these tender plants in fact you may 

 consider yourself fortunate if one or more pairs make their home in your 

 garden. 



You will find it in the apple-orchard, by the roadside, and on the lawn. 

 It will fly up in front of you as you pass along the gravel walk, and will 

 alight on the veranda-railing and look inquiringly at you as you emerge 



