Nell, too, took part in them, Chirping like a little bird, and at the same time, to the amusement of all, beginning each sentence with an "and."
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
The leafless branches were full of swallows Chirping, but the flowers were gone, the fountain silent.
"In Wild Rose Time"
Amanda M. Douglas
A silence fell upon the little group, and the Chirping of the birds in the pleasant country garden was all that broke that silence for many minutes to come.
"One Maid's Mischief"
George Manville Fenn