EACH AFTER ITS KIND 



note. The wild scenes and field solitudes are reflected 

 in the bush sparrow's song, while that of the chip- 

 pie is more suggestive of the sights and sounds 

 near the haunts of men. The pure, plaintive, child- 

 like strain of the bush sparrow — a silver scroll of 

 tender song — heard in the prophetic solitude of 

 the remote fields on a soft April or May morning is 

 to me one of the most touching and pleasing bits of 

 bird-music to be heard in the whole round year. 



The swarms of small sparrows that one sees in 

 August and September in the vineyards and along 

 the bushy highways are made up mostly of bush 

 sparrows. There is a little doubt but that these 

 birds at times peck and haggle the grapes, which 

 "Chippie" never does. The bush sparrow builds the 

 more compact and substantial nest, using more dry 

 grass and weedy growths, and less horsehair. It is 

 the abundant use of hair that has given "Chippie" 

 the name of the hair-bird. 



The hair-bird appears the more strikingly dressed 

 of the two. Its black beak and legs, the darker lines 

 on its plumage, the well-defined, brick-red patch 

 on its head easily separate it to the careful observer 

 from the other species. When you have learned 

 quickly to discriminate these two kinds of sparrows, 

 you have made a good beginning in conquering the 

 bird kingdom. 



