58 THE ENGLISH SPARROIV 



1875. Sterling, E. Those Sparrows [Passer domes- 

 ticus]. Rod and Gun, vi. July 31, 1875, P- 266. 



Repeated spoliation of nests of robins and orioles by 

 the sparrows. 



1S75. W. B. C. Sparrows [Passer domesticus]. Rod and 

 Gun, vi. June 19, 1875, p. 187. 



Ejectment of different birds from their homes by the 

 sparrows. 



1876. MUENCH, F. The European House Sparrow 

 [Passer domesticus]. Rural World, Apr. 19, 

 1876; reprinted N. Y. Weekly Sun, May 24, 

 1876. 



' Nothing eatable, if possibly accessible, is secure from 

 his attack — garden products, as well as all kinds of fruit, 

 cherries and grapes in particular ; wheat-fields . . . 

 what barns, stables, and houses contain, if not carefully 

 guarded — will become his prey.' 



1877. P[urdie], H. a. The Sparrow [Passer domes- 

 ticus] in Boston. Boston Daily Advertiser, 

 July 30, 1877. 



A clear refutation of the assertions of T. M. Brewer 

 and others, that the sparrow had been effective in de- 

 stroying the Orgyia leucostigma, the trees being devastated 

 by these insects, and the city forester having men at work 

 still. ' All over the boles of the elms, maples, Hndens, 

 and other trees, might be seen crawling the larvae . . . 

 the completed cocoons were to be seen by thousands 

 . . . not one is molested by passer domesticus.' The 

 extracts from one of Dr. Brewer's articles, printed in the 

 body of this paper, read very curiously in the face of the 

 facts adduced. The writer had every opportunity for 

 accurate observation. 



