“Shall I call thee Bird

Or but a wandering Voice?

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Even yet thou art to me

No bird, but an invisible thing,

A voice, a mystery.”

It was several years after I had learned to love the sweet, tender song of the field sparrow that I had my first glimpse of the singer. He is a very real and delightful part of our April meadows, where he lives his serene life.

VESPER SPARROW

THE VESPER SPARROW
Finch Family—Fringillidæ