. Stories about birds of land and water . CHAFFINCHtS. When the little ones are grown up, and all family cares are over, thechaffinches fly in flocks with the sparrows and other small birds. They look THE CHAFFINCH. 137 for berries in the hedges and gardens, for it is now autumn, and there areneither seeds nor caterpillars. And they visit the farmyards and pick up thegrains of corn, and get them out of the husk with their bills. Often, when the farmer walks into the stackyard, thousands of sparrowsand finches fly out of the stacks in clouds. In Sweden the hen chaffinches, by going away in the
. Stories about birds of land and water . CHAFFINCHtS. When the little ones are grown up, and all family cares are over, thechaffinches fly in flocks with the sparrows and other small birds. They look THE CHAFFINCH. 137 for berries in the hedges and gardens, for it is now autumn, and there areneither seeds nor caterpillars. And they visit the farmyards and pick up thegrains of corn, and get them out of the husk with their bills. Often, when the farmer walks into the stackyard, thousands of sparrowsand finches fly out of the stacks in clouds. In Sweden the hen chaffinches, by going away in the winter, and leavingtheir mates behind, are quite by themselves. This is the reason why thegreat naturalist Linnaeus gave the chaffinch the name of ccelcbs, a word whichmeans a THE HOUSE SPARRuW. There is also another saying about him that has passed into a a person is very smartly dressed, he is said by the French to be as gayas a chaffinch. THE HOUSE SPARROW. There is a large family of birds the most familiar to us of any. They are sobold that they will hardly move out of our way, and if they do fly off a fewpaces, they sit down again and look as if they were not in the least afraid. 138 STORIES ABOUT BiRDS. It is scarcely necessary to describe them, for everybody knows thesparrows. Everybody knows that the sparrow is a small, stout, active, and sometimesvery noisy, bird ; not clad in gay plumage, like some of its neighbours, butvery happy and contented in its humble station, and generally in good spirits. As a rule, it is rather social, and likes the company of its fellows. Littleparties of sparrows are often seen feeding and roosting together, but theyappear to have met by accident, and any little event disperses them. The sparrow resolves,
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