METHODS (H- I'.iL'i) >ri l>^ 49 



Family FringilUdce. ( fringilla, "a finch") — sparrows, finches. 'I\|.<n; 



l'iir}»l<' fincli — ^ iir/xMldriis jjiirjinri ns. 



Anierioan goklliiich — Aslraf/dlhms tristis. 



English sparrow — J^(iss<-r iloin('stiriis. 



White-tliroated sparrow — Zdnolrii-hiu ii/l>ir,!lh's. 



Tree sparrow — Spizcda inontiru/a. 



Cliipping sjtarrow — Sjjlzrl/a /i<iss> n'mi. 



f] unco — Jihico /ii/fiiifi/ls. 



Song span"t)\s — Mc/osjjhfi hk loilin. 



Fox sparrow — J^<(s.-t( rc/hi i/itn-ii. 



Towhee, clicwink — Pij)ilo cri/l/iroj/I/l/Ki/mns. 



Kose-broastccl grosbeak — Zamrlndlti lin/oririiimi. 



Indigo l>unting — Ptifisrrlun ri/d/mt. 



The probU'ius in this grmip are the \aliiaM<' m'1-\ ice itmiIi'IimI l.y all 

 the sparrows in weed-si^ed destruction; and, also, the dainag«' canst-d 

 by the English sjtarrow. A single observation of the killing of a tn-r 

 swallow or a bluebird by sparrows, or th<'ir eating the eggs from a rob- 

 in's nest, is nsually enough to con^ ince a jterson of the advisability t»i' 

 ridding' the neiiihborhood of these i)ests. The year after all a^re*', the 

 English si)arro\v maybe banished from tiie continent into whieh it was 

 so foolishly introduced in Is,")!, lutil all agre<', not niucli ln-ailway can 

 be made against a species that has the j.ower to iuereas*- from a single 

 pair to 27r),71(),98:3,0l)S in ten years. 



Family Tanagrida — the tanagers. The scarlet tanager — I'lr(in;/ti cn/- 

 thrd/iK-lds. Why are not these l)eautiful Itirds moi-e numerous in y«»ur 

 locality ? 



Family HirundinidcB — swallows and martins. Few more elhcient, and 

 certainly no more agreealde, insect traps exist than the swallows. Tiiey 

 shonld all ]>•' jtrotected until they increase up to the linnt of their insect 

 food. The jnirple martin and tree swallow nest javferably in bird h»)uses, 

 and provision about barns should not be lacking for tlu' clitV atul barn 

 swallows. Differences in nesting hal>its in sj.ecies so closi-ly related are 

 of general int(0-est. Types: 



Furple martin — J*r<>i/iir siihis. 



Cliff, or eaves, swallow — J*t fror/ulolini luiii/rni,>. 



Barn swallow — llinunld rrj/t/irdtfastid. 



Tree swallow — Irhldjirdctd In'otlnr. 



Bank swallow — }ii/i(iri(t rl/t(lri<i. 



