. Bird-lore . The Myth of the Song Sparrow BY ERNEST SETON THOMPSON His mother was the Brook, his sisters were the Reeds, And they every one applauded when he sang about his deeds. His vest was white, his mantle brown, as clear as they could be, And his songs were fairly bubbling oer with melody and glee. But an envious Neighbor splashed with mud our Brownies coat and vest,. And then a final handful threw that stuck upon his breast. The Brook-birds mother did her best to wash the stains away. But there they stuck, and, as it seems, are very like to stay. And so he wears the splashes and the mu
. Bird-lore . The Myth of the Song Sparrow BY ERNEST SETON THOMPSON His mother was the Brook, his sisters were the Reeds, And they every one applauded when he sang about his deeds. His vest was white, his mantle brown, as clear as they could be, And his songs were fairly bubbling oer with melody and glee. But an envious Neighbor splashed with mud our Brownies coat and vest,. And then a final handful threw that stuck upon his breast. The Brook-birds mother did her best to wash the stains away. But there they stuck, and, as it seems, are very like to stay. And so he wears the splashes and the mud blotch as you see. But his songs are bubbling over still with melody and glee. J^otes from JTteld and ^tudp Sparrow Proof Houses Mr. D. R. Geery, of Greenwich, Conn.,sends us descriptions of the two bird-houses here figured. When designed forBluebirds, they should be suspended from. Made of rough boards. Size, 6 inches high, 5^ inchessquare at the bottom, 3% inches square at the top. a limb ten or twelve feet from the ground,in such a manner as to allow them toswing slightly. Mr. Geery writes: Itmay happen that the Sparrows will go tothese houses and even commence to build,but, as soon as they find that they swingand are not firm, they will abandon them
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