Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 571
f delicate stems, eachhaving a glistening white ball at its tip for fruit. THE SONG-SPARROW NOT ALWAYS GENTLE. Providence, R. I.Dear St. Nicholas : I recently saw two song-spar-rows fighting in the road regarding a crumb. Theywere pulling each othersfeathers with their bills. Asthey happened to get… … SONC-.-SIAKROV Ordinarily the song-sparrow is one of ourgentlest of birds, with disposition as sweet asits song — which has been said to be modulatedas softly as the lining of its own nest. This little disagreement over the crumbshows that the song-sparrow can fight whenforced to it in vindication…
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