30 BIRDS OF HULL. 
SONG SPARROW. 
Melospiza fasciata. 
These gay and lively little songsters are a- 
bundant. What would a New England spring be 
without them, and with what joy we first hear 
their bright, clear notes ringing out across the 
fields ; no matter how cold it seemed the moment 
before, the air appears to grow warmer and clear- 
er, while life becomes brighter ; then we go home 
feeling as if spring had truly come with us. 
TREE SWALLOW. 
Taohycineta bicolor. 
These swallows come to Hull in great num- 
bers during the fall migrations, whirling round 
