Brown, Olive or Grayish Brown, and Brown and Gray Sparrowy Birds 



attentions of so fine-looking and sweet-voiced a lover. The black, 

 white, and yellow markings on his head are now clear and beau- 

 tiful. His figure is plump and aristocratic. 



These sparrows are particularly sociable travellers, and cor- 

 dially welcome many stragglers to their flocks — not during the 

 migrations only, but even when winter's snow affords only the 

 barest gleanings above it. Then they boldly peck about the 

 dog's plate by the kitchen door and enter the barn-yard, calling 

 their feathered friends with a sharp tseep to follow them. Seeds 

 and insects are their chosen food, and were they not well wrapped 

 in an adipose coat under their feathers, there must be many a 

 winter night when they would go shivering, supperless, to their 

 perch. 



In the dark of midnight one may sometimes hear the white- 

 throat softly singing in its dreams. 



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