ENGLISH SPARBOW. 



*** Passer domesticus. 614 inches. 



These street urchins were introduced into our co n- 

 try from Europe about 1850, and have since multiplied 

 and spread out so that they now are found in all parts 

 of our land from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Hereto- 

 fore they have confined themselves chiefly in the im- 

 mediate vicinity of the larger cities and towns, but it is 

 now noted with alarm that they are apparently spread- 

 ing out into the surrounding country. They are very 

 hardy creatures, able to stand our most rigorous winters. 

 They are fighters and bullies from the time they leave 

 the egg, and few of our native birds will attempt to live 

 in the neighborhood with them. 



Notes. — A harsh, discordant sound, which they com- 

 mence early in the morning and continue until night. 



Nest. — Of straw and rubbish piled behind blinds, in 

 the tops of electric lights or crevices of buildings, and 

 sometimes large, unsightly heaps of straw in trees. 

 They raise three or four broods a year and in all sea- 

 sons; five to seven whitish eggs scratched with black. 



Rangre.-=\Yhol6 of U, S. and southern Canada. 



