there be a million less Sparrows in England than at 

 the present time, it follows that there would very soon 

 be a large number more of allied birds, such as Green- 

 finches and Chaffinches, to say nothing of Martins, and 

 the increase would begin to show itself in the ensuing 

 season. 



Let no one suppose that, if we spare our Sparrows, 

 Nature will allow us to have an addition of Greenfinches 

 and Chaffinches plus those Sparrows : there is no likeli- 

 hood that such a thing would happen, for it is contrary 

 to the experience of every practical ornithologist. The 

 land will not support an indefinite number of indi- 

 viduals, and if the Sparrow increases, other birds go to 

 the wall partly because they drive them away from 

 gardens where they used to nest, but principally because 

 they eat their food. That being so, it follows that the 

 Sparrows had better be kept down. 



PHINTKD BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION COUKT, FLEET STREET. 



