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1874. Gould, Samuel. English Sparrows [Passer do- 

 mesticus]. Ainer. Nat. viii. No. 11, Nov. 1874, 

 pp. 692, 693. 



Statement of the quantity of kitchen vegetables he was 

 able to raise by using netting to prevent the sparrows 

 from doing serious damage. 



1874. Gregory, J. H. Are European Sparrows [Passer 

 domesticus] to be a Pest ? Aloore's Rural New 

 Yorker., Oct. 10, 1874. 



Affirmative : . . . ' that to reduce the number of cater- 

 pillars on a few thousand shade trees in deference to the 

 weak nerves of over-nice individuals, we had opened a 

 perfect Pandora's box, and let fly through the land de- 

 struction to the grain crops of the country to the value of 

 millions nnually. ' 



1874. Lamberton, a. B. The Sparrow [Passer domes- 

 ticus] Controversy. Avier. Sportsm. v. Dec. 26, 

 1874, p. 200. 



' I am fearful lest they do much towards driving away 

 from our cities our best and sweetest song-birds. ... It 

 is high time for us to declare war against the foreign 

 intruders. ' 



1874. RiDGWAY, R. A Contribution to the * Sparrow 

 [Passer domesticus] War.' Amer. Sportsm. v. 

 Dec. 12, 1874, p. i6r. 



Pugnacity of the species, which is stated to have driven 

 away the song sparrows from the Smithsonian Grounds 

 in Washington. Witness of the attack of sparrows 

 - upon a snowbird. 



1874. Willard, S. L. English Sparrows [Passer do- 

 mesticus] and American Birds. AIoo7'e's Rural 

 Neio Ycn^ker, Apr. 25, 1874. 



Statement that the birds are not as beneficial as they 

 had been supposed to be, and their injurious reaction on 

 native species. 



