The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-25
MARCH BIRDS IN THE PARK.
REsYDEN rs AND SPRING VISITORS
NOW 10 M SEEN.
sone.tcr. and birds Beautiful OF Plun'ng"
Returning to Their summer haunts In
the North &. birds Not In the Cage
That Arc Well worth Observing.

TO up 10 (cnlrAl fafk any rlsLl uhy anu YOU
vii fnd people watching the occupants OF NE zig
cage across the way iron. tLr soud1ds' quarters
Tho great South American condors, ihG golden
{ lies, tnn 70 ttilcd hawks, and the melancholy
owls afo I'll vowed with cuhosity. Most Of the
visitors, after inspecting the cages and the parrot
house, believe they Lave seen all the birds Ia Ito
Park, bat water runueth By tho mill the miller
wots Mt off, The Trr'ia, sN0rrow9 are so dis.
tssailrlv abundant that people forget TO look
fer any nlnc rlF-, yet even in March there are
many Other birds TO be seen beside the turbulent
British Immigrants AMI tue ho.aesick specimens
bchiL' the hars.
Plssin, f. through tho enhance Al S!Ati"th
street and Filth avenue. before you have gone
T. hurried vl'is YOU my Sc and hear tho chick
Aztec, to btJwa creerer asd the wA.g.breasicd
nuth ltch. The bright eyes Of tho nrthatch peer
c~urIouS,y a. you lrol beneath the blacL cap wotn
i|aunIly above his coat OF blue gray, as he buS'leS
laUu, tho tree trunks. hi9 head downward AT least
hall the dino. Tho brown creeper also keeps 10
the tree trunks, making n h%urfedly anxious
examination Of tho ~creyices In tho bark, Impress
Ing ono 7ith thc thought tina, no has lost tue only
Thing in the world he ever cared for, and that HE
ono object In ife Is 20 find H." Heis a small,
unobtrldve creature Of dec icdly streaked brown.
ish culoing above and wh!ts Underneath, With a
long, much curved hill
The yhite-tbroatc sprrrows, or peabody birds,
frequent the low growth Just south Of the wapin
deer paddock. They may be KNOWN by tho wlito
stripes on N, crown ard the Triangular white
patch on tho throat SweetSers white Mountain
Guldebook' says "'Thc f~oiourneI at the Glen
House Shout take caro- to hear the p~l0intise
notes Of the peabody 5irds, These strange birds
are very rare IN other places, and their mournf4l
melodies sound through several OF the quaint
al pathetic legends Of the northern hills As
n matter Of fact they sto ro, rare, but are CONNER
,hrourhou, the White Mountain region, and even
e. tie I,rd their rcabody call, a most mu !ctl
| whistle. ray be heard rising as sweat and clea :
as under tie sHair 0. Mount Washington.
Tao s~ltr.iH.s are also seen here, walking
brisily abou, und tic trees, though at this
time a. YEAR The. Will be ol,euer noticed about
tha a|urniccS o., the higher hGlldings tTUm Fiity'
nth street r.T'hwuTd. hey A.e SorleNh hat
snll'r than 'h" ruuln, dark purpll'h IN color,
th.chly S%prinlcd with bl'Hnlsh spots abo'- erd
white ap,', beneath ia r nils are ualh nov,
but become ."IlpW lr'or 10 the season Con-lG'
rr'rE me- ,1u.Na..u,cs - the a'emrt 70 ilnpr sc
upon nature by introducing the ,EnTisu spaIi0w
INTO f.a United States, 10 40 al s''It - i lho
loId',t nigh. yet hesitate 30 bTlnE any other
on World bird lrre, nut 30 flra al least The staring
soolus 10 he uo. obnoxious
Meet with lhrt enthusiastic ShOul,r the Ticker,
ur golden vi.-oa Uuolpeca"r The Eurropria ".
mes, of tie later name Is best understood when
ha It- t..a.. '.A 'N.A i' e. 81" ihn'r sur
f... u tie wt4,s is seen - Re q ssIuy yellow,
a broad iil,. sr.l ,uln across the breast, q
White rumr, and n red band around the hac.
OF the npra Conj,tuuE The ittnuuD .uon. Long
us ~ OF v'''.. lh' long r'l on a !caI limb.
no flicker has never lost his youthful enthu-