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1874. Gextry, T. G. Eugiisli Sparrows [Passer domesticus]. < Jwier. Xat. viii. Xo. 

 11, Nov. 1874, pp. 667-672. 



Attesting the molestatiou of various native American birds by the Sparrows, in amplifica- 

 tion of liis previous testimony to tlie same effect (torn. cit. p. 436) ; and denouncing as ground- 

 less the charges of misrepresentation brought against E. Coues and himself by T. M. Brewer 

 {torn. cit. p. 556). The article is notable among those opening the controversy. 



1874. Gentry, T. G. Euglisb. Sparrows [Passer domesticus]. <^Amer. Sjjorism. v. 

 Nov. 14, 1874, p. 98. 

 From the American Xaturalist, viii. ZSTo. 11, Ifov. 1874, pp. 667-672. 

 1874. GocjLD, Samuel. English Sparrow [Passer domesticus]. < Amer. Xat. viii. 

 No. 11, Nov. 1874, pp. 692, 693. 



Statement of the quantity of kitchen vegetables he was able to raise bj' using netting to 

 prevent the Sparrows from doing serious damage. 



1874. Gould, Samuel. [Eugiisli Sparrow. Passer domesticus.] <^ Amer. S^wrtsm. v. 

 Nov. 21, 1874, p. 113. 

 From the American IsTaturalist, viii. 1874, pp. 692, 693. 



1874. Gregory, J. H. Are Euroi^ean Sparrows [Passer domesticus] to be a Pest? 

 <] Moore' s Rural New Yorker, Oct. 10, 1874. 



Affi]-mative : . . . "that to reduce the number of caterpillars on a few thousand shade 

 trees in deference to the weak nerves of over-nice individuals, we had opened a perfect Pan- 

 dora's box, and let fly through the land destruction to the grain crops of the country to the 

 value of millions annually." 



1874. Lamberton, a. B. The Sparrow [Passer domesticus] Controversy. <^Amcr. 

 Sportsm. V. Dec. 26, 1874, p. 200. 



"I 'am fearful lest they do much towards driving away from our cities our best and sweetest 

 song birds. ... It is high time for us to declare war against the foreign intruders.'' 



1874. "Ollapod Quill." The English Sparrow [Passer domesticus]. <^ Forest and 

 Stream, iii. Nov. 12, 1874, p. 212. 

 Discountenancing its propagation in the United States. 

 1874. EiDGWAY, E. A Contribution to the "Sparrow [Passer domesticus] War." 

 <^Amer. Sportsm. v. Dec. 12, 1874, p. 161. 



Pugnacity of the species, which is stated to have driven away the Song Sparrows from the 

 Smithsonian Grounds in Washington. "Witness of the attack of Sparrows upon a Snowbird. 



1874. S'WEETAPPLE, E. English Sparrows [Passer domesticus] in Philadelphia. 



< Zoologist, 2d ser. ix. 1874, p. 4197. 



1874. Wade, J. M. Pet Sparrows [Passer domesticus]. <^Fancier's Journal and Poul- 

 try Exchange, i. 1874, p. 118. 

 Not seen — title from Gentry. 

 1874. Wade, J. M. War on the Sparrows [Passer domesticus]. <^Fanciers Journal 

 and Poultry Exchange, i. 1874, p. 426. 

 Not seen — title from Gentry. 

 1874. Willard, S. L. English Sparrows [Passer domesticus] and American Bmls. 



< Mooi-e's Bural Xew Yorker, Apr. 25, 1874. 



Statement that the birds are not as beneficial as they had been supposed to be, and their 

 injurious reaction on native species. 



1874. WiLSOX, E. E. Sparrows [Pas.ser domesticus] rule the roost. < Amer. S^wrism. 



V. Nov. 7, 1874, p. 91. 

 Disappearance of Swallows and other birds with the advent of Sparrows at Syracuse, N. 1'. 



1875. Axon. Sparrows [Passer domesticus] and Fruit-Growers. <^Amcr. Agric. 



Feb. 1875. 



" That they destroy insects there is no doubt, but their work is not entirely beneficent; and 

 melancholy accounts have been told of loss to the farmers by the havoc Sparrows make in 

 their grain." 

 1875. Anon. Sparrows [Passer dome.sticus]. Moles and Toads. <^ American Garden, 

 Feb. 1875. 



"The charge of driving awaj' our native birds is an inexcusiible libel uiwu them." 



