Song Sparrow Gallery

I Will Sing You a Song Though Its Not Very Long - Victorian nursery rhyme illustration

A medieval lady seated at an organ is singing a rather cruel song with a group of smug-looking children while a boy laboriously pumps the wind into the instrument, looking thoroughly miserable, no doubt thinking he is the boy in question.
"I will sing you a song though it's not very long - Of the wood-cock and the sparrow - Of the little dog that burned his tail - And the little boy that must be whipt to-morrow."
From "Nursery Rhymes - Ridicula Rediviva" illustrated by J.E. Rogers, with chromolith printing by R. Clay Sons & Taylor and published in London in 1876 by Macmillan and Co

Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia - Perched in lichen

Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia - Perched in lichen covered snag in beaver pond - May in Connecticut - USA Song Sparrow, Melospiza melodia. Perched in lichen covered snag in beaver pond. May in Connecticut. USA

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Rufous-crowned sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps)

Rufous-crowned sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps) on the ground. It flies awkwardly and prefers to hop along the ground. Madera Canyon, Southern Arizona, USA

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