Editor O. & O.: 
From time to time, 1 have noticed in your 
valuable journal articles soliciting contribu- 
tions from “young” ornithologists. The arti- 
cle in the May number by Harry E. Taylor, on 
“Songs in the Night,” recalled to mind a few 
observations in my own experience. The 
Chipping S parrow is. I think, the most indif- 
ferent as to the proper time for singing of any 
bird I know. At about the noon hour when 
the excessive heat and sultriness of our sum- 
mer days causes a general silence throughout 
the bird- world, it is quite a common occur- 
rence to hear the Chipping Sparrow break 
forth into his monotonous strain as though he 
desired notoriety. Then, also, many a time 
during a heavy rainstorm I have hoard him 
sing from the sheltered retreat of some shady 
tree as though he considered the shower no 
great set-back to his cheerfulness. I have 
also heard the self-same monotonous ditty re- 
; peated in the “dead hours of night” often- 
times; and I think that if there is any bird 
that sings at odd times, anytime^ and all the 
time, it is the Chipping Sparrow. 
