. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . nce of rcsaturation, or of departure from thebleached type, as would bethe case if it belonged to oneof the really old familiesof Puget Sonntl Whatever the weather.(.hip])y returns to us aljoutthe i-th day of April. i)ostshimself on the tip of a firbranch, like a brave littleChristmas candle, and pro-ceeds to sinitter. in the samepart. Of all homely soun<lsthe monotonous trill of theWestern Chipping Sparrowis the most homely,—andthe most easily music it scarc
. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . nce of rcsaturation, or of departure from thebleached type, as would bethe case if it belonged to oneof the really old familiesof Puget Sonntl Whatever the weather.(.hip])y returns to us aljoutthe i-th day of April. i)ostshimself on the tip of a firbranch, like a brave littleChristmas candle, and pro-ceeds to sinitter. in the samepart. Of all homely soun<lsthe monotonous trill of theWestern Chipping Sparrowis the most homely,—andthe most easily music it scarcely ranksabove the rattle of cas-tanets: but the little singer|)ours 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: ami for this we come to prize his homelyditty like the sound of plashing waters. Two Chip|)ing Sparrow songs heanl near Tacoma deserve s|ieciaimention. One likened itself in our ears to a tool l)eing ground on a smallemery wheel. The wheel has a rough place on its |icriphery which strike^. Taken in Iu-rce Counl\. Pholo bx the .tull ( jrST .M<K1\ ; srARRow, adi-lt ma a. So callcl Sfmfcr A. uzz ofvarying intensity, carries forward the same idea of continuous sound, butthe comparison changes. In this the song appears to pour from the tinythroat without efYort, and its movement is as tho an unseen hand controlledan electric buzz, whose activity varies with the amount of juice turned on:zzzzzzzzzzt, zzz:;.c:£:^zzzt, , 7 Chippys nest is a frail affair at Ijest, altho often elaborately constructedof fine twigs, rootlets and grasses with a plentiful lining of horse-hair. Insome instances the last-named m
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