. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . a fault to be readily forgiven, even in a bird, if it be accompanied by a voiceof sweet sincerity and a manner of self-forgetfiflness. In a family where amodest appearance is no re])roach, but a warrant to health and long life, theVesper Sparrow is i)re-eminent for modesty. You are not aware of his THE VESPER SPARROW. 55 presence until he disengages himself from the engulting grays of the stalk-strewn ground or dusty roadside and mounts a fence-rail to rhyme the comingor the part
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . a fault to be readily forgiven, even in a bird, if it be accompanied by a voiceof sweet sincerity and a manner of self-forgetfiflness. In a family where amodest appearance is no re])roach, but a warrant to health and long life, theVesper Sparrow is i)re-eminent for modesty. You are not aware of his THE VESPER SPARROW. 55 presence until he disengages himself from the engulting grays of the stalk-strewn ground or dusty roadside and mounts a fence-rail to rhyme the comingor the parting day. The arrival of Vesper Sparrow in middle early spring may mark thesupreme effort of that particular warm wave, but you are quite content toawait the further travail of the season while you get acquainted with thisamiable newcomer. Under the compulsion of sun and rain the sodden fieldshave been trying to muster a decent green to hide the ugliness of wintersdevastation. But wherefore! The air is lonely and the fence rows ]Meadow Larks, to be sure, have been romping about for several weeks. .\EST A\D EGGS 01- \ bPARKOW . and getting bolder every day, but they are boistrous fellows, drunk with airand mad with sunshine; the winter-sharpened ears wait hungrily for thepoet of common day. The morning he comes a low, sweet murmur of praiseis heard on e\ery side. You knciw it will ascend unceasingU- thenceforth, andspring is different. Vesper Sparrow is the typical ground l)ird. He eats, runs, sleeps, andrears his family upon the ground; but to sing—Ah! that is different!— 56 THE VESPER SPARROW. nothing less than the top rail of the fence will do for that; a telegraph pole orwire is better, and a lone tree in the pasture is not to be despised. The malesgather in spring in such places to engage in decorous concerts of rivalry. Thesong consists of a variety of simple pleasing notes, each uttered two or threetimes, and all strung together to the number of f
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