. The birds of Washington; a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . ives no evidence of resaturation, or of departure from thebleached type, as would bethe case if it belonged to oneof the really old familiesof Puget Sound. Whatever the weather,Chippy returns to us aboutthe 12th day of April, postshimself on the tip of a firbranch, like a brave littleChristmas candle, and pro-ceeds to sputter, in the samepart. Of all homely soundsthe monotonous trill of theWestern Chipping Sparrowis the most homelv,—andthe most easily music it sc
. The birds of Washington; a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . ives no evidence of resaturation, or of departure from thebleached type, as would bethe case if it belonged to oneof the really old familiesof Puget Sound. Whatever the weather,Chippy returns to us aboutthe 12th day of April, postshimself on the tip of a firbranch, like a brave littleChristmas candle, and pro-ceeds to sputter, in the samepart. Of all homely soundsthe monotonous trill of theWestern Chipping Sparrowis the most homelv,—andthe most easily music it scarcely ranksabove the rattle of cas-tanets ; but the little singerpours out his soul full earn-estly, and his ardor oftenleads him to sustained effort thruout the sultry hours when more brilliantvocalists are sulking in the shade; and for this we come to prize his homelyditty like the sound of plashing waters. Two Chipping Sparrow songs heard near Tacoma deserve specialmention. One likened itself in our ears to a tool being ground on a smallemery wheel. The wheel has a rough place on its periphery which strikes. Taken in Pierce Comity. Photo by the Author. JUST ARRIVED. WESTERN CHIPPING SPARROW, ADULT MALE. a. So called for decades, but now lost to us thru the latest caprice of nomenclature. Vavium ctmutabile semper A. O. U. Cheek-List. THE WESTERN CHIPPING SPARROW. 129 against the tool with additional force and serves to mark a single revolution,but the continuous burr which underlies the accented points, or trill-crests,is satisfied by this comparison alone. The other effort, a peculiar buzz ofvarying intensity, carries forward the same idea of continuous sound, butthe comparison changes. In this the song appears to pour from the tinythroat without effort, and its movement is as tho an unseen hand controlledan electric buzz, whose activity varies with the amount of juice turned on:zzzzzzzzzzt, zzzzzzzzzzt, zzzzzzzzzzt, ZZZZZZZZZZT, ZZZZZZZZZZT. Chippys nest is a frail affai
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