^^0.2.] COUES OX PASSER DOMESTICUS. 193 



1879. Editor. [G. B. Grixxell.] This is Evidence [against Passer domesticus as a 

 destroyer of insects]. <l Forest and Stream, xii. No. 10, Apr. 10, 1879, p. 190. 



Analyzing and commenting upon C. J. Maynard's results of dissection of 5G sparrows in 

 ■whose stomachs no insects Tvere found. 



1879. HOAG, Julia S. The English Sparrow [Passer domesticus]. <^Forc8t and 

 Stream, Feb. 20, 1879. 



An extended and impartial article, largely historical, and an interesting contribution to the 

 suhject. "Inasmuch as nearly all the reliable statements with regard to the sparrow aro 

 decidedly to his discredit," &c. "In 1874, Dr. Thomas M. Brewer recorded himself in fa.vor 

 of the sparrow, and, I believe, still maintains that attitude towards them. . . . This con- 

 Tiction has been forced upon me, though it may now seem a reiteration of Dr. Coues, to those 

 who have followed him, that scientific testimony is strongly adverse to the sparrow, and 

 sentiment only is his warm aUy." E. Coues's paper in The American Katuralist for August, 

 1878, is largely cited in evidence. 



1879. HowELi., E. H. A Check on the Sparrows [Passer domesticus]. <^ Forest and 

 Stream, Mar. 13, 1879, p, 106. 



Scops asio feeding on the Sparrows. The editor wishes the owl "good speed in the good 

 work." 



1879. IxGERSOLL, E. Sketches by a Traveler. < The Chicago Field, Apr. 12, 1879. 



Having seen the MS. of an article by E. Coues "On the Present Status of Passer domesticus 

 in -America," etc., the writer devotes about half of his "Sketch" to the consideration of this 

 subject, with extracts from the then unpublished bibUograpliy with which Dr. Coues's 

 article concludes. 



1879. Ingersoll, E. War on the Sparrows [Passer domesticus]. <[ Evening Post 

 (N. Y.), Apr.—, 1879. 



Dated from "Washington, April 2, and doubtless published within a few days. The sub- 

 head — "What Dr. EUiott Coues is doing to prevent the destruction of "Western crops — ^his 

 reasons for believing that the English Sparrow is scarcely less dangerous than the grass- 

 hopper — a warning to the "West and a scheme for avoiding the danger" — indicates the char- 

 acter of the article, which is based upon that published by E. Coues in Bull. U. S. Geol. 

 Surv. vol. V, Ko. 2, pp. 175-194. 



1879. Ma-stnard, C. J. The English Sparrow [Passer domesticus]. < The Scientific 

 Farmer (Boston), Mar. 1879, pp. 35-37, figs. 25, 26. 



An important article, giving direct testimony, from original dissections, of the nature of 

 the Sparrow's food. In not a single one of the 56 cases was a trace of insect food found. 



1879. Eead, M. C. The English Si)arrow [Passer domesticus] and our Native Song- 

 Birds. < Amer. Nat. xiii. No. 3, Mar. 1879, pp. 190, 191. 



"It cannot be supposed that the native songsters retire in anticipation of the intrusion of 

 their foreign cousins, and some other cause for their disappearance must be sought." 



1879. " S." The English Sparrow [Passer domesticus]. < Cultivator and Country 

 Gentleman, Jan. 30, 1879. 



The damage done to com. " These pests alighted upon a piece of field com, tore open the 

 ends of the ears with their strong bills, and fed upon the soft grain. ... In this way nearly 

 every ear over a large portion of the field was damaged before it became too h.ard for them to 

 operate upon." 



1879. S[CHTEFFELiy?], E. The Sparrows [Passer domesticus]. One who took part 

 in bringing them to this city now takes up the pen in their defence. <| AT. Y. 

 Evening Post, Apr. 15, 1879. 



A well-written article, doubtless by Mr. Eugene Schiefielin, saying what can be said in 

 defence of the birds, but largely supporting his statements by facts of the case aa observed in 

 Europe. The paper is one of the fairest and otherwise best of those that have been written 

 on the off side of the controversy. 



1879. S. S. O. The English Sparrow [Passer Domesticus]. <^UnIcnown2)ajpcr, Jan. 16, 

 1879. 

 Damage done to corn. 

 1879. "W. C." The English Sparrow [Passer domesticus]. <^Gardene)-'s Monthly, 

 Feb. 1879. 

 " Concerning the English Sparrow eating fruit I can speak positively." 



