HOUSE SPARROW 



ll/TAY 2Q, IQ02. A single pair are try- 

 ■trJ. ing to nest on Frank F.'s house. 

 This morning I was awakened at 4 : r 5 by 

 the squawking of one of the pair, presum- 

 ably the male. After listening to its 

 monotonous chirping for ten minutes I was 

 impressed with the number of times it re- 

 peated its note, and at what regular inter- 

 vals it was uttered. I began to count the 

 squawks, and counted one thousand one 

 hundred twenty-seven of them with 

 scarcely a variation in time or tone. Then 

 it stopped for two or three minutes, began 

 again, and this time I counted three hun- 

 dred sixty chirps, when I grew tired of 

 counting and went to sleep. At 6 130 when 

 I awakened, the same bird was holding 

 forth. 



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