KINU !!:>. Sl'AUUnWS, KIT. 



This rrport shows tliat in ten years the progeny of a single pair of 

 Sparrows might amount t. :.<; ( .M: It also state* that during 



the year 1886 the Sparrow added approximately ~>\<'>.~>wt square miles 

 i. Triton occupied by it. The day is evidently near at hand, 

 therefore, when the Knglish Sparrow will !* in complete possession of 

 the country. 



I-CAN TRKK SPARROW (f\ur momtainu) has become naturalized 

 in and ulx>ut St. I.oui-, Missouri. 



681. Loxia, curvlrostra minor > i:>-. i.,,. . AUKKICAN CKOMRILI.; 

 .:nit.>iui.L. .!/. '. Tip-* "I" the maiidiMe* crotted f body dull red, 

 brighter 'ii the rump, browner on the ln-k ; win^s and tail fuscous. Ad. 9. 

 Dull olive tfn-eii, \ellow er >ii the rump, indi.-tinetly iii<>ttle<l with hlaeki.-h \\ 

 the head and hm-k, mixed with whiti.sh <>n the under parU*. Im. <5 .Similar 

 to the 9, or mi.\e<l red and jfn-en. I.., ; !'.; NV., ",-4'>; T., J M; II., -68. 



Kamjf. Hreels from the Northern States imrtliwaril, and, in the Alle^ha- 

 nka,southwuril to the Canjlina.H; in winter wanders irregularly southward, 



luinu-tiliutt reaehillj,' the (iul I' States. 



iii'.'ton, irrejrular W. V., .-ometime* ahumlunt. Sin)? Sing, irregu- 

 lar; ntol in almost every month. CainKri'L'e, of irregular >'i-urrcncc at all 

 .-. HOOt, 



id irro*McH, lined with hits of moss and rootlet*, in conifer- 

 ous trees, fifteen to tliirty feet up. f"-;':/", three t" lour, " pale u'reen is h, spotted 

 and dottcil ul>>ut the larger end with various shades i.f l.rown and lavender 

 ithcll-niarkingM, 1*75 x -57." 



These parrotlike Finches an- famous for their erratic wanderings. 

 They seem to have no regard for the laws of migration which regu- 

 late the journeys of most liirds. and, having no home ties, may linger 

 '!!< \\hieh offer them abundant fare without much regard to 

 season. They nest early in the spritii:. sometimes when they are far 

 south of their breeding range. l>ut they seem quite unconcerned l>y 

 their unusual surroundings, and their young are born and raised in 

 a foreign hind. 



Coniferous forests form their natural surrounding, and their hills 

 are especially adapted to aid them in forcing off the scales from the 

 cones of thex- trees to obtain the seed within. 



They live in Mocks, and when in the trees clind) alxuit like Parrots, 

 sometimes exhibiting as little fear of man as Polly on her pedestal. 

 When feeding, they have a short, whistled call-note; they take wing in 

 a body, ami their undulating Might is accompanied by a sharp click- 

 whi-tled n>te. Their song is dc-cribed us "varied and plead- 

 ing, but not |Miwerfnl or in any re-p-ct remarkable." 



622. Loxia leucoptcra - ' \\ .> vnran I'KOMBILL. Ad. 6. 

 Tips of Uie mandihleit crv**td ; body .lull pink, hriirhu-r on the minis more 



