48 



THE ENGLISH SPARROW IN AMERICA. 



obtain a skin of something rare I fired amongst them, and brought two to the ground, 

 and to my disgust found them to be Passer domestiaus, their bills besmeared and 

 their crops distended with the buds of the elm, on which they were gormandizing. 

 (September 7, 1887. Present two or three years.) 



INJURY TO PEUITS, GAEDEN SEEDS, AND VEGETABLES. 



Evidence on this question was received from 788 persons, of whom 

 472 gave testimony against the Sparrow, 279 gave testimony more or 

 less favorable (but, as under the preceding question, mainly negative, 

 as the result of scant observation), and 37 gave testimony which was 

 partly favorable and partly unfavorable. 



The following list shows (roughly) the number aud character of the 

 reports furnished from each State : 



State. 



Michigan . 

 Indiana... 

 New York 



Ohio 



Illinois ... 

 Kentucky 

 Georgia... 



Favora- 

 ble. 



Un favor- 

 able. 



Total. 



40 



34 



74 



23 



38 



OL 



23 



30 



59 



20 



39 



59 



25 



27 



53 



24 



29 



53 



15 



26 



41 



State. 



Pennsylvania. 

 Massachusetts 



Iowa 



Connecticut .. 



Kansas 



California . - •- 

 New Jersey . . 



Favora-- 



Unfavor- 



ble. 



able. 



G 



32 



14 



18 



10 



9 



8 



16 



7 



15 



3 



17 



2 



15 



Total. 



Twenty other States and Territories sent from 1 to 12 reports each, 

 aggregating 135, of which 49 were favorable, 84 unfavorable, and 2 in- 

 definite. Canada sent 20 reports j 13 favorable, and 7 unfavorable. 



The injuries specified in the unfavorable reports are distributed as 



follows : 



Fruits, ripe or ripening. 



Reports. 



Eeports. 

 Grapes 127 



Cherries 58 



Strawberries 39 



Raspberries 31 



Apples 22 



Currants 21 



Pears 16 



Plums 14 



Tomatoes 10 



Blackberries 



Peaches , 7 



Figs 3 



Gooseberries 3 



Mulberries 2 



Wild cherries 2 



Apricots 1 



Fruits, kind not specified 83 



Small fruits, kind not specified 10 



Vegetables, green, and mostly young 



Young peas, just coming up 25 



Pea blossoms 12 



Green peas from the pod 14 



Peas, kind not specified 30 



Beans, kind not specified 5 



Young lettuce plants or leaves 27 



Young cabbage plants or leaves . 1G 



Young beet plauts or leaves 8 



Young turnip plants or leaves 2 



Young radish plants or leaves 3 



Young corn, just coming up 1 



Garden corn in the ear 22 



Young plants, kind not specified 20 



Garden vegetables, kind not specified 79 



Garden seeds. 



Lettuce 14 



Cabbage 12 



Beet J 4 



Turnip 15 



Radish 6 



Flower 4 



Sunflower 29 



Garden, kinds not specified 35 



