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Insectivorous Birds ^^ Others 



Introduced from the /Northern Hennisphere. 



The present part deals with birds not indigenous to our 

 country, but now acclimatized. Among them are the Thrush, 

 the Skylarky and Blackbird, so dearly loved of English poets. 



The Sparrow represents the Finch family, a family as 

 strong among birds as the daisy among plants, and having 

 an equally wide influence in the order of nature. Of the 

 usefulness of that bright little bird, the Goldfinch, after due 

 investigation, I am thoroughly convinced. As for the Starling, 

 it is still an open question if it will be found wanting when 

 weighed in the balance of this Commonwealth's economy. It 

 has certainly come to stay, and time alone will reveal the 

 effects of its presence. 



Colonel C. S. Kyan, M.B., writing in The Emu, January, 

 1906, says: — "It is interesting to notice how many of the 

 European birds imported into this country and liberated have 

 adapted themselves to new surroundings and thriven. In 

 their native land they are kept more in check by many causes, 

 such as death or migration, trapping, severe cold, &c. Here 

 they are free from those difficulties, and have beside a much 

 milder climate and abundance of food. Consequently, the 

 natural increase is much more rapid, and they generally nest 



