Sparrows are found in many parts of the world and they are of several kinds. The one that is best known to us is the house-sparrow. But there is also the hedge-sparrow that makes its nest in hedges and bushes.

A noisy bird, the house-sparrow has its own son, mainly made up of a series of calls and twitters. It makes its nest in a hole or some niche in the house. This nest is no more than an arrangement, not a very tidy one, of paper and straw which may be lined with wool and hair.

The hedge-sparrow is more slender than the house-sparrow. It is brown, black and bluish-grey in colour it too sings, often a warbling song. Like the house-sparrow it hops on the ground and makes its own untidy nest.

Sparrows eat seeds of many different kinds. But much more than seeds, they feed on insects. They lay eggs which number three to six (at one time).