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NATDRAL BISTORT 
SPARROW. 
The common house Sparrow is one of the 
boldest of the small feathered tribe, which 
frequent our barns and houses : he is a cou- 
rageous little creature, and fights undauntedly 
against birds much larger than himself. 
Their song, if we can so call their chirping, 
is far from being agreeable. They feed on 
any thing, and are particularly fond of meat 
The quantity of. corn they consume is so 
considerable, that in several countries the 
landlord or furmer puts a price to a Sparrow's 
head, and, by that means, rids his land of 
this troublesome depredator. The male is 
particularly distinguished from the female 
by a jet black spot under the throat upon a 
whitish ground. They are found nearly in 
every country in tho world. 
