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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



States Department of Agriculture, entitled the '' English 

 Sparrow in Xorth America," a work of more than 500 pages. 

 In this bulletin, which was regarded at the time as '' the most 

 important treatise ever published npon the economic rela- 

 tions of any bird," evidence regarding the habits and the 



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Fig. 3. — Funnel trap. Side raised to show interior. (After Biological Survey.) 



destructiveness of the sparrow was brought together from all 

 parts of the United States, and from Europe and Australia. 

 The evidence against the sparrow from all these countries is 

 overwhelming. Baron von Berlepsch, who has established 

 the most successful European experiment station for the pro- 



FiG. 4. — Outline of funnel trap. (After Biological Survey.) 



tection of birds, conserves practically all small land birds; 

 but finds it necessary to destroy this sparrow in order to 

 give the other birds a chance, '^o American State protects 

 the sparrow, but it is protected ever^^vhere by its friends, 

 and it flourishes particularly in cities and villages where 

 shooting is not permitted. 



