THE CHIPPING SPARROW 
By T. GILBERT PEARSON 
The National Association of Audubon Societies 
Educational Leaflet No. 80 
I In the United States about forty kinds of useful, interesting, and 
^native birds are called Sparrows. The one known to more persons than 
^any other is the little confiding Chipping Sparrow. It is the bird that more 
than any other, perhaps, shows its absolute trust in mankind. It seems 
not to care for the deep forest, the windy beaches, the vast marshes, or 
the impenetrable swamps where so many of the feathered denizens of the 
land are wont to live. 
THE SPARROW WHOSE HOME WAS IN THE CLEMATIS-VINE 
Photographed by Joseph W. Lippincott, Bethayres, Pa. 
If you look for the Chipping Sparrow, particularly in spring, go to the 
garden, for you can find it there, hopping along the rows of sprouting 
vegetables. It does not injure any of these tender plants — in fact you may 
consider yourself fortunate if one or more pairs make their home in your 
garden. 
You will find it in the apple-orchard, by the roadside, and on the lawn. 
It will fly up in front of you as you pass along the gravel walk, and will 
alight on the veranda-railing and look inquiringly at you as you emerge 
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