No.2.] COUES ON PASSER DOMESTICUS. 177 



1867. Pickering, C. [Oa the Introduction of the Europeau House Sparrow iuto 



America, as threatening a Great Evil.] <^Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat, Hist. xi. 

 1867, pp. 157, 158. 



Tt appears from the record Lerewitli presented that the credit of heing the first in this 

 country to foresee and predict the evil to result from the introduction of Sparrows into Ame- 

 rica, belongs to Dr. Charles Pickering. This article may he regarded as the entering- wedge ; 

 and as such it is entitled to special consideration. It was not, however, until 1874, that the 

 controversy was fairly opened, though in the mean time several American writers ventured to 

 express their apprehensions, and to give warnings which passed unheeded. Cf., e. g., Bkuce, 

 Amer. Nat. vi. 1872, pp. 469, 470 ; CoUES, Key K A. Birds, 1872, p. 146. 



1858. Brewer, T. M. The European House Sparrow [Passer domesticus J. <^AtlaniiG 



Monthly, May, 1868, pp. . 



!Not seen. 



1868. SwEETAPPLE, E. English Sparrows [Passer domesticus] in America. <[ Zool- 



ogist, 2d ser, iii. 1868, pp. 1375, 1376. 



1869. Forney, J. W. The Sparrows [Passer domesticus]. <|T/ie TTeefc^y Press (Phila- 



delphia), — , 1869. 

 Not seen — ^incomplete title cited from Gentry. 

 1869. FoiiNEY, J. W. Sparrows [Passer domesticus]. <T/ie Fress (Philadelphia), 

 — , 1869. 

 Not seen — incomplete title cited from Gentry. 

 1869. Lesguillon, J. La Proscription des Moineaus [Passer domesticus]. <CNaiU'' 

 raliste Canaclien, i. 1869, pp. 58-64, 99-101. 

 Poeme. 



1869. One Thousand Sparrows [Passer domesticus] Shipped. < Uie London 



Times, — , 1869. 

 Not seen — incomplete title cited from Gentry. 



1869. The Sparrow [Passer domesticus] in America. <T7te London Times, —, 



1869. 

 Not seen — ^incomplete title cited froni Gentry. 



1869. Take Care of the Birds [Passer domesticus]. <P«&Zic Ledger and Daily 



Transcript (Philadelphia), — , 1869. 



Not seen — ^incomplete title cited from Gentry. 



1870. Collete, J. E. House Sparrow [Passer domesticus]. <^Amcr. Nat. iv. No. 1, 



Mar. 1870, pp. 54, 55. 



The naturalization of the species is considered in a fair way of accomplishment, and to call 

 for some notice and congratulation. 

 1870. Glick, G. W. The English Sparrow [Passer domesticus]. <_Prairie Farmer, 

 Mar. — , 1870. 



Queries whether the birds woiild destroy curculios. Editor's reply, that there is no evi- 

 dence to favor such a supposition. 



1870. V[OELKEL], P. Moineaux [Passer domesticus] au Canada. <P«7Z. Soc. AccVm. 



2e s6t. vii. 1870, pp. 322, 323. 

 Prom the London Field, Dec. 25, 1869. 

 1870-71. Thorpe, T. B. The EngUsh Sparrow [Passer domesticus]. < Apiileton^a 

 Journ. iv. Oct. 1870, p. 494; vi. Oct. 1871, p. 467. 



1871. S[0UBEIRAN], J. L. Acclimatation des Moineaux [Passer domesticus] aus 



]fitats-Unis. < Btdl. Soc. Acclim. 2« s6r. viii. 1871, p. 582. 

 rrom Keport of the Commissioner of Agriculture for 1869, p. 300. 



1871. Nos Moineaux. <^NaturalisteCanadien, iii. 1871, p. 51. 



Sur I'acclimatation du Passer domesticus a Quebec. 



1872. J. P. The English Sparrows [Passer domesticus]. < Country Gentleman, Aug. 1, 



1872. 

 That they are not efficient destroyers of insects, but that they do drive away native birds. 



