130 THE BIRDS OF MONTREAL. 



times in the city. This bird is omitted in the 

 " A. O. U. Check-list of North American Birds," 

 on account of being an introduced species. In 

 1889 the U. S. Department of Agriculture issued a 

 a bulletin of 405 pages, with map, on the English 

 sparrow in North America, especially in its rela- 

 tion to agriculture, wherein it is proved to be more 

 harmful than beneficial to agriculture. Colonel 

 Rhodes first brought the English sparrow across 

 the Atlantic in the year 1854, and he turned half-a- 

 dozen loose at Quebec. The first colony estab- 

 lished at Quebec was a failure, but the Colonel per- 

 severed, and at last succeeded in wintering thirteen 

 birds about 1871, and since then the sparrow has 

 spread all over the Dominion. Montreal Gazette, 

 6th June, 1890. 



(London Free Press.) 



The organized attack upon the sparrows in this 

 part of the country has had the effect of lessening 

 their number very materially. In North Middle- 

 sex and Lambton, a few weeks ago, many thou- 

 sands of these birds were killed by the inhabitants 

 uniting in a general hunt. In Pennsylvania, it is 

 said, the sparrow is retiring before the advance of 

 the native birds. At a meeting in Pittsburg of the 

 State Ornithological Association, Dr. Thos. L. 

 Hazzard read an interesting report on the bird 

 population of the Allegheny Park. In 1875 the 



