. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . fidence of a trusted friend. No bird is more likely than he toaccept the proffered hospitality of honeysuckle vine or trellis, and instances arebevond number where the gentle Chippy has been coaxed to eat from thehand. Of all homely sounds the monotonous trill of the Chipping Sparrow is the most homely—and the mosteasily forgivable. As musicit scarcely ranks above therattle of castanets, but thelittle singer pours out hissoul full earnestly, and hisardor leads him to sustainedeft
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . fidence of a trusted friend. No bird is more likely than he toaccept the proffered hospitality of honeysuckle vine or trellis, and instances arebevond number where the gentle Chippy has been coaxed to eat from thehand. Of all homely sounds the monotonous trill of the Chipping Sparrow is the most homely—and the mosteasily forgivable. As musicit scarcely ranks above therattle of castanets, but thelittle singer pours out hissoul full earnestly, and hisardor leads him to sustainedeftort throughout the sultryhours when more brilliantvocalists are sulking in theshade; and for this we cometo prize this homely dittylike the sound of plashingwaters. It is the ChippingSparrow too that may usu-ally be depended upon toopen the morning chorus atabout3 :i5, and that were ser-Aice enough to endear him tothe heart of the nest is a frail af-fair at best, but often mostelaborately constructed ofrootlets and fine grasses andplentifully lined with horse-hair. In manv instances the. Taken in Fairfield La. IUoto by the .liitliar. CnilPIXG SPARKOWS i\I;ST IN APPLF, TKEIC THE CHIPPING SPARROW. 73 last named material is exclusively employed, and Dr. Wheaton mentions twonests composed entirely of white hair. A horizontal branch of an apple treeis a common situation, but nests are placed in evergreens and other shadetrees, or in hedge-rows and the like. They are often so loosely related totheir immediate surroundings as to give the impression of having been con-structed elsewhere and then moved bodily to tiieir present site. Some areset as lightly as feathers upon the tips of evergreen branches, and a heavystorm in season is sure to bring down a shower of Chippies nests. Dr. Brewer in his monumental work^ states emphatically that^\ in no instance has he known of the Chipping Sparrows nest on the grounfl. ^et Dr. Wheaton mentionssuch an in-stance, and inth
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