. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. Plioto by Charles li. Tolman SONG SPARROW (Se;E PAGE 681) The snng sparrow's vast range in a dozen varying- climates, its readiness to adapt itself to llie different conditions in each of the regidns it inliahils, its numerical alnmdance and steady increase while some of its family are dying mit, its freedom from disease and vermin, and its perennial good spirits evidenced 1)y its ne\'er-failing music—all prnclaim that it is, indeed, one of Nature's successes. Its irrepressilile \'ivacity and good spirits in spite of all circum
. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. Plioto by Charles li. Tolman SONG SPARROW (Se;E PAGE 681) The snng sparrow's vast range in a dozen varying- climates, its readiness to adapt itself to llie different conditions in each of the regidns it inliahils, its numerical alnmdance and steady increase while some of its family are dying mit, its freedom from disease and vermin, and its perennial good spirits evidenced 1)y its ne\'er-failing music—all prnclaim that it is, indeed, one of Nature's successes. Its irrepressilile \'ivacity and good spirits in spite of all circumstances are aptly illustrated by the fact that its song may be heard in every month of the year and in all weathers ; also h_v night as well as Ijy day, for nothing is more common in the darkest nights than to hear its sweet chant in half-conscious answer to the hooting of the owl or even the report of a gun.—Erxkst Tiioiii'So-\'. fossils tliemseh'cs.'' Two specimens have been dise-overed, one being" ni)w in tlie Britisli ^Itisetmi, llie dtlier in llie llerlin Museum. Tbe\' \\'ere l)i)tli found in the btli()gra])hic slates nf Solenliofen, in lia- varia, a furmatinn of the Jurassic period, and, ttigetlicr, furnisin the more imjxir- tant details of tlie strucUn-e nf tliis rc])ti1c- like l)ird. Tliis resti)ratii in, thei'eforc, while dotibl- less inacctu'atc in niimir points, is still near enmigh tn Ibc truth to give a cnrrect idea of this extrai irdinary bird's appear- ance. *For papers on the Archa;opteryx, see Nat- ural vScienee (Macmillan Co.). vols, v-viii. ^ A PKICIIISTORIC REPTILE BII'tD Tlie .\rch;c^)pter^•x was about the size of a crow. Its long, feathered tail is supposed to have acted as an aeroplane, assisting in the sup|iort of the bird while it \\'as in the air, but its po\\'er of flight was dduhtlcss limited. It was arboreal and prdbabl)- ue\er descended to the earth, but clim1)ed about the branches of trees, using its large, booked fingers in passing fro
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