SEASIDE SPARROW 



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viduality have they that once their acquaintance 

 is made you can never mistake a Field Sparrow 

 for a Chippy, or a Fox for a Whitethroat. Their 

 attitudes, motions, and bearing are all different, 

 in spite of the similarity of markings and color- 



HENSLOW'S SPARROW 

 Length 5 inches 



ing. The many varieties well repay our attention 

 and study, for no large family of birds is more 

 amiable or of more helpful service than that of 

 our native Sparrows. 



SEASIDE SPARROW 



All along the Atlantic seaboard we may find 

 this a common Sparrow, and though its flocks 

 winter south of Virginia and return northward 

 in spring, yet enough of their number remain 



