This plainly clothed little bird has a beautiful voice, and sings in the morning chorus with his brothers; but he is fond of continuing his song late into the twilight, after most others have gone to bed.

Then in the stillness his voice sounds sweet and clear, and the words of the song are: 'Chewee, chewee, chewee lira, lira, lira lee.' That is the way he says his evening prayers: you know that in some of the churches there is a beautiful service called Vespers.

Ah, if we only knew bird language!" "Do you remember," said Olive, "last night when you were going to bed you asked me if it wasn't a very rare bird that was singing so late down in the garden, and I told you that it was a Sparrow?
It was the Vesper Bird, perhaps the very one who is over there in the bushes, wondering if the giant House People will find his nest.

You can easily tell him when he flits in front of you by the roadside, because he always shows two white feathers, one on each side of his tail." The Vesper Sparrow Length six inches.
Upper parts brown, streaked with dusty; some bright bay on the wings, but no yellow anywhere, and two white tail-feathers.
Under parts dull-white, striped on breast and sides with brown.
A Citizen of North America from Canada southward, nesting north of the Middle States.
A regular member of the guild of Weed Warriors, and in summer belonging also to the Seed Sowers and Ground Gleaners.
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW.
(THE PEABODY BIRD) "The White-throat is another bird that you will not see in his summer home, unless you look for him in the Northern States.

You may find him nesting about the White Mountains, on or near the ground, with the Olive-backed Thrush and Winter Wren.