Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 543
OB-WHITE, BLUE-JAY (IN FLIGHT), AND KING-BIRD. 366 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS [Feb., of our birds are an imitation of sounds whichthey hear in nature. One cannot help wonderingif the unattractive sparrow acquired his noisy anddisagreeable chirp through his long continuedassociation with the… … THE WEIRD SOLITUDE FINDS A VOICE INTHE OWLS NOTES. songs are largely, if not entirely, a matter of imi-tation, though other scientists do not accept thissuggestion as even probable. Edward Conradi,Ph.D., has extensively investigated not only thesongs of English sparrows, but of several otherbirds,…
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