THE 



HOUSE SPARROW 



AT 



HOME AND ABROAD, 



WITH SOME 



CONCLUDING REMARKS UPON ITS USEFULNESS, 



AND 



COPIOUS REFERENCES TO THE LITERATURE OF THE SUBJECT 



BY 



THOMAS G. GENTRY, 



AUTHOR OF LIFE-HISTORIES OF BIRDS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, 



MEMBER OF THE PHILADELPHIA ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, 



AND CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICAL 



CLUB, DAVENPORT ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, 



AND CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



PHILADELPHIA: 

 CLAXTON, REMSEN, AND H AFFELF INGER. 



1878. 



