220 BIRDS OF OHIO. 
INTRODUCED. 
Of the four species which have been introduced into 
Ohio but two are to be found now. The English Sparrow 
has become not only a nuisance, but a menace to the bal- 
ance of nature between the insects and those birds which 
feed upon insects, by crowding the native birds out in many 
instances. It is not at all certain that the Mongolian or 
Ring-necked Pheasant may not, ere long, also prove a men- 
ace to the agricultural interests by a too great increase in 
numbers. Happily the other two foreign species were un- 
able to gain a foothold in our state. They might not have 
proved injurious if they had succeeded in becoming accli- 
matized, but it is never safe to make predictions. Recent 
legislation forbids the importation of other birds and mam- 
mals into the United States except under proper super- 
vision. It is not likely that we shall have to learn over 
again the folly of precipitate action of this sort. 
Orper GALLIN-A. 
Family PHASIANIDA. 
1. PHASIANUS TORQUATUS. 
Ring-necked Pheasant. 
Synonyms: Mongolian Pheasant. 
Successfully introduced into Allen, Ashtabula, Crawford, 
Erie, Hamilton, Hardin, Madison, Morgan, Scioto, and 
Summit counties, and probably others. 
Orper PASSERES. 
Family FRINGILLIDA. 
2. PAssER poMEsticus (Linn.). * [unnumbered.] 
English Sparrow. 
Synonyms: Pyrgita domestica, Fringilla domestica. 
European House Sparrow, Philip Sparrow, Parasite Gamin, 
Hoodlum, Tramp, The Sparrow. 
Wheaton, Ohio Agri. Report, 1874, 566. 
