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OUR SOUTHERN BIRDS 



this one, who may be known by his broadly 

 striped head and the white patch on the throat. 

 He is larger by half an inch than the English 



WHITETHROAT SPARROW 



Length 6% inches 



Sparrow of town streets. Besides the attraction 

 of being so richly and harmoniously colored he 

 offers a little song of his own that sounds like 

 "I Peabody, peabody, peabody," or "pea-bod-y- 

 bird," by which name he is frequently known in 



