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Birds. 
THE SPAEROW. (Passer domestkus.) 
This bird is, next to the robin redbreast, the boldest of 
the small feathered tribe which frequent our barns and 
houses : he is a courageous little creature, and fights 
undauntedly against birds ten times bigger than himself. 
Sparrows are accused of destroying a great quantity of 
corn, and in several counties the landlord or farmer puts 
a price on a Sparrow's head ; but the farmer is the per- 
son most injured by the plan, as the good Sparrows, in 
ridding land of caterpillars, more than compensate for 
the loss of grain they destroy. Mr. Bradley, in his 
Treatise on Husbandry and Gardening, shows, by a cal- 
culation, that a pair of Sparrows, during the time they 
have their young ones to feed, destroy on an average, 
every week, three thousand three hundred and sixty 
caterpillars. 
This bird is easily tamed, and will hop about the 
house, and on the table with great familiarity. It will 
feed on anything, and is particularly fond of meat cut 
into small pieces. The song of the Sparrow, if we can 
