ENGLISH SPARROW. 



*** Passer domesticus. 6% inches. 



These street urchins were introduced into our coun- 

 try from Europe about 1850, and have since multiplied 

 and spread out so that they now are found in all parts 

 of our land from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Hereto- 

 fore they have confined themselves chiefly in the im- 

 mediate vicinity of the larger cities and towns, but it 

 is now noted with alarm that they are apparently 

 spreading out into the surrounding country. They are 

 very hardy creatures, able to stand our most rigorous 

 winters. They are fighters and bullies from he time 

 they leave the egg, and few of our native iftds will 

 attempt to live in the neighborhood with them. 



Notes. A harsh, discordant sound which they com- 

 mence early in the morning and continue until night. 



Nest. Of straw and rubbish piled behind blinds, 

 in the tops of electric lights or crevices of buildings, 

 and sometimes large, unsightly heaps of straw in trees. 

 They raise three or four broods a year and in all sea- 

 sons; five to seven whitish eggs scratched with black. 



Range. Whole of U. S. and southern Canada. 



