. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . or it at New Orleans to threeguineas in London. The pugnacious habits of this species are common in a great degree to thewhole family of Sparrows. Like the most daring, the Common HouseSparrow of Europe, they may be observed in spring time, in little groups offour, five or six, fighting together, moving round each other to secure anadvantageous position, pecking and pulling at each others feathers with allthe violence and animosity to which their small degree of strength can giveeffect. A group thus occupi
. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . or it at New Orleans to threeguineas in London. The pugnacious habits of this species are common in a great degree to thewhole family of Sparrows. Like the most daring, the Common HouseSparrow of Europe, they may be observed in spring time, in little groups offour, five or six, fighting together, moving round each other to secure anadvantageous position, pecking and pulling at each others feathers with allthe violence and animosity to which their small degree of strength can giveeffect. A group thus occupied I have attempted to represent in the plate. I haveat the same time endeavoured to save you the trouble of reading a longdescription of the changes which take place in their plumage, from the timeat which the young leave the nest, until the second year following, when themales attain the full beauty of their brilliant livery. The flight of the Pape, by which name the Creoles of Louisiana knowthis bird best, is short, although regular, and performed by a nearly constant N?34
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