song-sparrow

Several birds, such as the Peruvian song-sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis) and the Pacific blue-black grassquit (Volatinia jacarina) visit the lomas at the beginning of the winter when many insect pupae hatch.

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Bird studies for Form I should be limited to observations made directly upon a few common birds, such as the robin, house-sparrow (English), song-sparrow, flicker, house-wren, crow, bronzed grackle, and meadow-lark.

Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study Ontario. Ministry of Education

Identification and study of the habits of a few common birds, as song-sparrow, blue-bird, wren; observations of the form and habits of a few common insects, as house-fly, dragon-fly.

Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study Ontario. Ministry of Education

For, lo! the tree-tops of human life are full of slumbering melodies, and if a song-sparrow pipe sincerely on the hill-sides of

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 Various

_ -- It is possible for the pupils to distinguish the song-sparrow by means of the above exercises.

Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study Ontario. Ministry of Education

The blackbirds jangle in the oak, the robin is perched upon the elm, the song-sparrow on the hazel, and the bluebird on the apple-tree.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Various

Study that song-sparrow: why is it that he always goes so ragged in spring, and the bluebird so neat? is it that the song-sparrow is a wild artist, absorbed in the composition of his lay, and oblivious of ordinary proprieties, while the smooth bluebird and his ash-colored mate cultivate their delicate warble only as a domestic accomplishment, and are always nicely dressed before sitting down to the piano?

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Various

Teach the marks of identification which some have discovered, using for this purpose pictures of the bird or black-board drawings; and encourage those who have not yet seen the song-sparrow to try again and to secure the assistance of those who have succeeded.

Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study Ontario. Ministry of Education

An occasional shower patters on the dry leaves, but it does not silence the robin on the outskirts of the wood: indeed, he sings louder than ever, though the song-sparrow and the bluebird are silent.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Various

Compare the size and form of the song-sparrow with that of the house-sparrow (English).

Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study Ontario. Ministry of Education