Show Redbreasts of Old England As a familiar doorstep bird one vould expect the redbreast to utter somo homely little lay resembling for example that of our chipping sparrow spar-row But on the contrary Its shrill winding pipe and detached fragments of song seemed to me Indicative of tho wlldness and restlessness which characterizes char-acterizes some of tho notes of the purple pur-ple finch The redbreast sings throughout the greater part of the year and It Is evident that one should hear Its song during the comparatively comparative-ly silent winter season If one would understand the place It holds In English Eng-lish literature and In the hearts of English people Scrlbner |