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In Canada, they interpret it as "•Sweet, Sweet Canada." In New 

 England as '■'I, I Peabodv, Peabody." 



The Fox Sparrow, so called on account of his rusty, reddish 

 brown coat resembling that of a fox, has a light breast heavily 

 streaked with brown which causes him to look hke a thrush. We 

 can only claim hmi as a Hartiand Sparrow for a short time in 

 spring and fall. These birds scratch among the dead leaves for 

 their food like a miniature hen. Their song is a clear and melo- 

 dious carol. 



The Savanna Sparrow is said by good authority to be found 

 in Hartiand, and 1 see no reason why it should not be here as it 

 breeds from New Jersey and Missouri nonhA/ard to the Hudson 

 Bay. I do not know this bird, so have that pleasure to look for- 

 ward to. 



The last and least is the English Sparrow. In 1851 Brook- 

 lyn had a great pest in the form of inch worms which were de- 

 stroying the shade tree?. It was at this time that the English 

 Sparrows were imported, it being hoped that they would destroy 

 the worms thereby saving the trees. They accomplished their 

 mission and for a time were made much of. When their true 

 character become known scientific men in Washington took up 

 the matter and after the fairest trials decided that not all the 

 good they do can compensate for the damage done to ihe farm- 

 er's grain fields, to say nothing of their driving away much more 

 useful and ornamental birds than themselves. Their chief mis- 

 sion in life seems to be to populate the earth. Their numbers 

 are as the sands of the sea. To-day the English Sparrow is the 

 best known and the most thoroughly despised bird in Hartiand, 

 as well as in all America. 



WARBLER MIGRATION, 1908. 



BY MRS. A. B. MORGAN. 



It is quite possible that you may have pictured to your- 

 selves the delight and joy that would come to you if you could 

 see the birds of other regions than those with which you are 

 familiar, but if that privilege has been denied you, it is a satis- 

 faction to know that in your own state during the month of 

 May it is possible to witness a flight of warblers that rivals, if 

 not excels anything similar to it in the United States. 



You have only to discover one of the favorite feeding 

 grounds of warblers in order to enjoy this unusual and thrilling 

 sight; then for a week or more you can study at close range 

 these illusive and difficult denizens of the wood. 



