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Only Sparrows (Oh I only saw a Robin)

"Oh, I only saw a Robin, a Bluebird and a lot of sparrows!" I have heard similar expressions many a time. It is amazing to find what a very large percentage of the people regard any brown bird as 'just a sparrow'. There are a lot of sparrows, but they are all quite different in plumage and some of them are very beautiful. Nearly all of them have beautiful plumage or interesting songs. There should be just as much interest taken in the warblers in the study of the sparrows as in the warblers or any other family of birds. The reason for this sort of apathy concerning them is probably due to the very abundance and undesirable qualities of the English Sparrows that infest our streets everywhere. as