Scholars have spent an equal amount of time considering Lesbia's sparrow:
He never flew out of her lap,
but, hopping about here and there,
only chirping to his lady, alone....

Do sparrows do this?
The only answer is of course that they do when they are Lesbia's.
Catullus poem can be found here http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lesbia-s-sparrow/ and Scott's here http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/minstrel.html.
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