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appeared, and there were many blessings on the little emigrant birds, 

 and glory 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 song 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 crazc 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 libertyto 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 Ghester Febr. 4. 1884. 



Zeitschrift f. Ornithologie. 



