CHIPPING SPARROW. 
SPIZELLA SOCIALIS. 
HIS 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.” 
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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 
