. The birds of the British Isles and their eggs . 53?;- t4 - ^ . I /v. 21 Tree-Sparrow at nest. HOUSE-SPARROW. 55 run together; at this season the nuptial fights also said to pair for life, every cock Sparrow within hearinghurries to join in the noisy medley, chirping and pecking, whichimmediately follows a difference of opinion between rivals. Acrowd of fighting birds will fall to the ground, but the troubleends quickly without bloodshed. Once two combatants fellbetween the panes of an open window, and when I pulled themout still continued the fight in my hand. The short and ince
. The birds of the British Isles and their eggs . 53?;- t4 - ^ . I /v. 21 Tree-Sparrow at nest. HOUSE-SPARROW. 55 run together; at this season the nuptial fights also said to pair for life, every cock Sparrow within hearinghurries to join in the noisy medley, chirping and pecking, whichimmediately follows a difference of opinion between rivals. Acrowd of fighting birds will fall to the ground, but the troubleends quickly without bloodshed. Once two combatants fellbetween the panes of an open window, and when I pulled themout still continued the fight in my hand. The short and incessant chirp needs no description, and itsdouble note * phillip, which originated the now obsolete popularname of Phillip Sparrow, is as familiar. Whilst the young arein their nests, the old birds utter a long parental churr. Thecombined voices at dusk in the winter roosts, which, even inLondon and other cities, are in clumps of trees in parks andgardens, in evergreens or ivy-covered walls, have a curiouseffect ; each individual penetrating chi
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