. Some bird friends [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 16 SOME BIRD FRIENDS on the nest, vsitting patiently there while I took as many photographs as I wanted. Some birds are much tamer than others. I have known sparrows to allow me to touch them on the nest without being disturbed, while others would leave the moment they heard a footstep. It is all a matter of individuality. Like human beings they differ among themselves, some being much braver than others. ([\it Mhfte-Crauineb Sparrow The house sparrow that scavengers around in our streets, now quar- relling with a neighbor, now chirping with a r
. Some bird friends [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 16 SOME BIRD FRIENDS on the nest, vsitting patiently there while I took as many photographs as I wanted. Some birds are much tamer than others. I have known sparrows to allow me to touch them on the nest without being disturbed, while others would leave the moment they heard a footstep. It is all a matter of individuality. Like human beings they differ among themselves, some being much braver than others. ([\it Mhfte-Crauineb Sparrow The house sparrow that scavengers around in our streets, now quar- relling with a neighbor, now chirping with a rather coarse voice such as becomes such a life, is not a native; but there is another sparrow that is common here, that is an altogether different sort of bird. I refer to the White-crowned sparrow. The White-crown is probably the best known of all the western sparrows, although the Chipping sparrow is almost as common. The three white stripes running from front to back on the top of its head gives it its name. But it has other names. There are a number of different species of this bird, but the differences are so slight that they are hardly worth mentioning. They represent more a difference in habitat than anything else. This bird has a clear musical voice, but it uses only two or three notes, and its song is short. When heard at midnight, however, it is particularly pleasant to the ear, and weird too, coming out of the silences like the voice of a spirit. There is indeed something almost uncanny about all the native spar- rows. They hide so quickly amid the bushes, trained thereto in their endeavor to keep out of the way of the birds of prey that are so numerous everywhere. The white-crown builds a nest of grass, usually in a bush not far from the ground; but often I have found them right on the ground, and again some have been a foot or two beyond my reach. The eggs, four or five in number are dull green, and covered with brown spots that give them a brownish appearance. Thi
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