:'.io 



nalancc .if X:i(iii-c, ;iiid ivsiill in- in iiii rndi-nMnis loss 

 Hull falls, csiirriiillv, (in farniris and Inutimll ni-isl s. 



CfREAT ERRORS. 



TlicKnjilisliS|iairo\\\ t weuly-tivc uy lliirly years a^o, 

 was l.i-oujihl Id I'cnnsylvaiiia I'Lcaus,- il was hrlirvn! 

 he WDuld ilrslioy insccl ]k'sIs w in<h d.'f.iliaU'il sliadr 

 and fi-uit trees, and attaeked cnltivated crops. Since 

 tliis bird lias become eslablisUed, not uaily in reimsyl- 

 vauia. but generally thronghout the T'nited States 

 and t'anada, it lias been ]earn(:'d lie is a most niidesira- 

 ble addition to our fauna. He devours cereals, fruits. 

 buds and blossoms of f'luit, shade and ornamer.ral 

 trees, as wel] as dittercnl kinds of garden jnodnce. 

 He loves the tender buds of grape vines and their lipe 

 fruit. In the famous I-rie grape belt of Ihis Slale. il 

 is estimated that English S))aiTON\s annually dcslroy 

 from $30,000 to $35,000 worth of grapes. 



INSECTIVOROU.S BIRDS DRIVEN AWAY. 



These little feathered pests, great flghters thai Ihcy 

 are, live continually abonl human habitations from 

 wliicli they drive away numerous kinds of beneficial 

 birds that formerly did great service to the human race 

 by aiding to repress pestiferous insect foes that the 

 pugnaci(uis, grain-eating Sparrow disdains to touch. 

 It is stated that not less than .seventy-two kinds of 

 birds which are found throughout the wide area of this 

 continent, where this imjiorted bird nuisance is now 

 ensconced, have been driven by English Sparrows 

 from their old-timed nesting haunts about the habita- 

 tions of man. 



The people now want the English SparroAv de- 

 stro.ved, and man.v favor a bounty for his mischiveous 

 head. But such a method of exterminating this bird 



