SONG SPARROW— (,Melospi:a fasciata.) 
Upper parts brown streaked with black; under parts white strealced 
with black grayish line over the eyes; no white bars or yellow on the 
nls tall rufous grayish brown; sides of throat with black or black.sh 
Teak; - breast wHh wed.e shaped streaks of black which forn, a spot ur 
the center of the breast. 
Length about six inches. 
Arrival. March 12 to April 10. 
FavorUe Haunts. In shrubbery, particularly along roadsides and 
" F^'/d Marks. The sparrow with a black spot on its breast. 
Song. ''Olit, olit, olit-chip, chip, chip, Che char-che-wis, wis, wis. 
(Thoreau.) 
After U. S. Biological Survey. 
The song sparrow is among our earliest arrivals in the sprmg. 
On our way to school some crisp morning in March, our hear s are 
fh iUed by L bright, cheery song of this bird. The song character.zes 
th bfrd for he is vivacious little fellow, seldom still except when 
Igin" moving from place to place, giving his base-like ch.p wh>ch 
e mphales with a ierk of the tail. The song sparrow .s one of our 
most common as well as one of our most benefical b.rds as h,s food .s 
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