THE EMIGRANT SPARROW 49 
appeared, and there were many blessings on the little emigrant birds, 
and gelory to the gentleman who introduced them. 
After a while some said our own song-birds were not so plenty as 
they were, the wren, the blue bird, the sone sparrow etc. etc., and that 
the English Sparrows were driving them away ; the little bird houses in 
the gardens instead of being occupied by wrens or blue birds, were 
taken possession of by the emigrant Englishmen: those who favored 
the Sparrow would not agree to anything against him, and soon there 
was a sed hot Sparrow party, and a sed hot Anti Sparrow party. 
The Anti Sparrow party got fiercer and fiercer, and at last went 
to the legislature about the grain ealing, bird destroying, fruit spoiling 
pest; and bullies like their countrymen the Englishmen. 
There was a law protecting insectivorous birds, as useful to the 
farmer, the Anti Sparrow taxidermists found nothing but grain inside 
of the birds, they examined, and never saw the sign of an insect ? 
. they got up quite a craze among some of the farmers, and made them 
believe, there never was such a dreadful little bird. 
They went to the legislature, and had the laws altered on account 
of this emigrant bird, the little horror was mentioned among the insec- 
tivorous birds, they had his name erased, and proclaimed to the public 
that anyone was at liberty to shoot, trap or kill the English Sparrow all 
they pleased. 
But the people in general do not care, to kill them, it appears 
for they are as numerous as ever, and as things stand will be more so, 
before the trine of the Sparrow is ended. 
West Chester Febr. 4. 1884. 
Zeitschrift £. Ornithologie. 4 
