Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 374
and a rowof white on the end of the wings. When I reachedhome I looked for the description in my bird-book, andafter asking a teacher who spends much time in thestudy of those little brothers of the air I have de-cided that the birds were tree-sparrows, a winter birdmuch like the well-known… … OUR WINTER CHIPPIES, OETREE-SPARROWS, EATING THESEEDS OF WILD CARROTS. They are industrious and cheer-ful little birds. They are sociable, and usually foumflocks. Professor Beal has estmated that in Iowa alone the treisparrows destroy 875 tons of no>ious weed seeds every year.
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