DIRECT IMPORTATIONS FROM EUROPE. 



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Yet from the occasional statements thus made, and from various re- 

 liable published records, we have been able to make a list of more than 

 a hundred places in the United States and Canada to which Sparrows 

 have been taken, either by direct importation from the Old World or 

 by transportation from place to place after their arrival in America. 

 From the casual manner in which these data have been obtained it may 

 be considered certain that they represent but a very small fraction of 

 the number of points at which the Sparrow has been introduced 5 but 

 the early dates of many of the importations, as well as the great dis- 

 tances separating many of the places, are very significant as affording a 

 partial explanation for the unparalleled rapidity with which this bird 

 has overspread the inhabited part of the continent. The following- 

 lists explain themselves : 



Table I. — Places where English Sparrows have been introduced directly from Europe. 



riace. 



Date. 



No. 



Brooklyn, N. Y , 



Portland, Me 



Peace Dale, R.I 



Boston, Mass 



New York, N. Y 



Rochester, N. Y 



New Haven, Conn — 



Galveston, Tex 



Charlestown, Mass — 



Cleveland, Ohio , 



Philadelphia, Pa 



Salt Lake City, Utah. 



Akron, Ohio 



Fort Howard, Wis 



Sheboygan, Wis 



Iowa City, Iowa 



1851 and 1852 



1854 and 1858 



1858 



1858,1808, and 180,0 ... 

 1800,1801, and 1800 ... 

 Between 1865 aiU 1869 



1807 



1807 



1863. 



*100 

 80 



1869 



I860 or earlier 

 1873 or 1874.... 



1875 



1875 



1875 



1881 



2,) 



40 



1,010 



About. 



Table II. — Places, not included in Table I, where English Sparrows have been introduced. 



Place. 



Date. 



Number. 



Where obtained. 



Alabama: 



1882 







Arkansas: 



Between 1876 and 1880. 

 1871 or 1872 







California: 









1883 





San Francisco. 



Colorado : 



1S77 



6 pairs (subse- 

 quently disap- 

 peared). 



Connecticut: 



Between 1865 and 1870- 

 1809 





Portl mil 





New York City. 



District of Columbia: 







Georgia: 



Atlanta (country near) .. 

 Macon (country near) 



1876 







1878 







1881 or 1882 





Griffin Ga. 









Do. 



Illinois: 



Belleville 



1868 









1876 









Between 1872 and 1874. 

 1870 



About 100 birds... 

 6 pairs. .„,, 





Quincy ...„. „. 





