FIELD SPARROW 



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than the Field Sparrow, whose bright pale brown 

 flocks like brushy pastures best, but are common 

 in fields and gardens in late summer. Their 

 usefulness is evident in autumn and winter as 



FIELD SPARROW 

 Length 5% inches 



they drift through wayside weed patches, peck- 

 ing away at seeds that left to themselves would 

 produce an abnormally troublesome crop next 

 year. The young are reared chiefly on even more 

 troublesome insect pests. Their nest is on the 

 ground or in low bushes, a frail structure of fine 

 grass. 



