SONG-SPARROW. 
MELOSPIZA MELODIA. 
0 lice sparrow family is a large one. There may be 
twenty species, half of which, at least, spend the 
summer in New England. The song-sparrows are the 
most numerous; they sing the most, and exhibit the 
greatest variety of melody. Standing near a small pond 
recently, I heard a song-sparrow sing four distinct songs 
within twenty minutes, repeating each several times. 
I have more than twenty songs of this sparrow, and 
have heard him in many other forms. He generally 
gives a fine trill at the beginning or end of his song. 
Sometimes, however, it is introduced in the middle, and 
