Show OHIM i TV HX v etaNe aatwecp KINQDinD AND SPARROWS Thi > 11110 lllnll OljKlfl In III rrtf mr nf the lie lately Vlillnr Probably more than n thousand peq > 1110 stopped by the Frog Pond on lies Ion Common between S and C oalack In tbs evening and looked up Into the treat it wee apparent that something mutual was nolng on The air was filled with birds uttering sharp cries and the din was kept up for over half an hour A kingbird started all the trouble Vhtre he came from nobody know for tlngblrds arc not common birds that Is not birds common In the Common Ono of the rpsrrow sentinel which had ml little to do this summer except to note the Inroads ot tho tussock moth awoke from a dole In the branches of a all tree on the north 110 of tho pond md spied the Intruder His sharp cries tar help brought a number ot other son Inels from tree In tho vicinity nod hey Knthtred around the kingbird at safe dlitince and chMlcrcd The king bird Ml still Then the sparrows decld ed to summon a poses It did not take long for sparrows of all age and all sites had begun lo crowd around tosco to-sco what was the trouble Within two mlnuln after the first alarm the air In the vicinity was black with sparrows spar-rows They rufied In from the tree along the Park street wall they flew lip from the subway sand heaps soul even Inn aristocratic Deacon street sparrows came down to dlo for their country It necessary Then began n vigorous and concerted attack on the IIOr kingbird which I sat like n stole uncon vclous ot Iho fact that he had no moro right on Iho Common than has an An irchltt orator Tho sparrows began b IT swooping dawn on the Intruder as hough they wanted kingbird feathers 10 trim their hats but they wisely kept out of r arh of the big fellows beak They darted at him from In front and behind from all sides and from above md all the limo keeping up a scream Inc that canted the people on the walks to slop and eec tho fun Now anybody who has over leon n kingbird harry n big hen hawk knows that a kingbirds U I game but Iho thousands or moro sparrows In the air began to mako It uncomfortablo for tho Intruder Kin ally when the kingbird taw the people gathering on Iho walk lie begin to tear an attack from below and with what In bird language probably stands for n hoarse mocking laugbtf tho villain fled over tho Public Harden A small body of sparrows RAVO him an escort out of sight but most ot them remained lo talk over this matter |