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some of our politicians, noisy, quarrel- 
some, of foreign importation, and acts as 
though the natives have no rights that he 
is bound to respect. He picks to pieces 
our flower buds, he destroys our flowers, 
he is a nuisance to our houses, and yet he 
is of some use. He does rarely destroy 
some noxious insects and worms, but he 
drives from our grounds the native birds 
who are more pleasant to sight and hear- 
ing, and who would kill more insects. I 
must confess that I do like to hear his 
noisy chirp in the winter, but he is de- 
testable at all other times. 
The Field Sparrow resembles the com- 
mon Chipping Sparrow, but can be easily 
distinguished from the last by the fact 
that it shows two white bars in its tail as 
it flies. Itis often known as the Vesper 
bird, for the reason that it often sings 
during the twilight hours, its song being 
very sweet and plaintive. 
The Fox-colored Sparrow is the largest 
of our sparrows, and can be known from 
