CHIPPING SPARROW. 



SPIZELLA SOCIALIS. 



THIS trim little bird, one of the least of the spar- 

 rows, is not so great a singer as some others of 

 the family ; but none of them equal him in song devotion. 

 At the close of day he may be heard from the house- 

 top, from the ridge-pole of the barn, from the fence or 

 the grass stubble. Dr. Coues says he has " at times a 

 song quite different from the sharp, monotonous trill so 

 characteristic of spring-time," and without doubt he has ; 

 but the monotonous " trill," being a succession of rapid 

 tones upon the same degree, can hardly be called a 

 "trill." 



Chip - py, chip - py, chip - py, chip - py, chip - py, 





Chip - py, chip - py, chip - py, chip - py, chip - py, chip - py. 



To look at these notes, it would seem impossible that 

 any performance of them could be made acceptable ; the 

 hearing of them, however, relieved by the delicate accent 



