SPARROWS.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR," J STE,—Your correspondent, " F. C.," in the Spectator of August 26th, refers to the singular fancy which sparrows occasionally betray for admiring themselves in a looking-glass. During the past summer I have witnessed this on two or three occa- sions ; but the most amusing point was that when a hen- sparrow kept sitting on the edge of the looking-glass, intently admiring and pecking mildly at herself, the cock-bird re- peatedly flew down also on to the glass and tried to make her desist, not without lingering for a moment or two to have a look at himself. Whether the feminine vanity or masculine jealousy was most reprehensible in this case may be a fair ground for dispute between the human sexes.—I am, Sir, &e.,
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