

NATURAL HISTORY. 



LIST OF NATIVE BIRDS MOLESTED BY THE 



ENGLISH SPARROW. 



(From "The English Sparrow in North America," U. S. 



Dept. of Agriculture, Bulletin No. i). 



The following table gives the names of 

 species which the sparrow is reported to 

 molest, and the number of such reports in 

 each case: 



Bluebird (Sialia siahs) 



Western bluebird (Sialia mexicana) 



Robin (Merula migratoria) 



Hermit thrush (Turdus aonalaschkas pallasii) 



Wood thrush (Turdus musteli nus) 



Thrushes, species not indicated 



Golden-crown kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 



Chickadee (Parus atricapillus) 



Titmouse, species not indicated 



Tomtit, species not indicated 



White-bellied nut hatch (Sitta carolinensis) 



Nut-hatch, species not indicated 



House wren (Troglodytes ardon) 



Parkman's wren (Troglodytes aedon parkmannii) 



Carolina wren (Thryothorus indovicianusj 



Bewick's wren (Thryothorus indovicianus bewickii) 



Wren, species not indicated 



Brown thrasher (Harporhynchus rufus) 



Cat-bird (Galcoscoptes carolinensis) 



Mocking bird (Minus polyglottos) 



Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 



Yellow warbler (Dendroica aestiva) 



Myrtle warbler (Dendroica coronata) 



Warblers, species not indicated 



Red eyed vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 



Warbling vireo (Vireo gilvus) 



White-eyed vireo (Vireo noveboracensis) 



Vireos, species not indicated 



Cedar bird, cherry bird (Ampelis cedrorum) 



Purple martin, black martin (Progne subis) 



Martins, species not indicated 



Cliff swallow, mud swallow (Petrochelidon lunifrons) 



Barn swallows (Chelidon erythrogaster) 



White-bellied swallow, blue-backed swallow (Tachy- 



cineta bicolor) 

 Violet-green swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) 

 Bank swallow (Clivicola riparia) 

 Rough- winged swallow (Stelgidopteryz serripennis) 

 Swallows, species not indicated 

 Tanager, species not indicated 

 Indigo bird (Passerina cyanea) 

 Painted finch nonpareil (Passerina ciris) 

 Grosbeaks, species not indicated 

 Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 

 Redbird, species not indicated 

 Brown towhee, species not indicated 

 % Chewink (Pipilo erythropthalmus) 

 Song sparrow (Melospiza fasciata) 

 Chipping sparrow, chippy (Spizella socialis) 

 Field sparrow (Spizella pusilla) 

 Tree sparrow (Spizella monticola) 

 Common sparrow, species not indicated 

 Native sparrow, species not indicated 

 Ground sparrow, species not indicated 

 Other sparrows, species not indicated 

 Savanna sparrow (Ammodramus sandwichensis sa- 

 vanna) 

 Grass finch, vesper sparrow (Poocsetes gramincus) 

 Grass bird, species not indicated 

 Snowbirds ( Junco sp ?) 

 Goldfinch \ 



Yellow-bird [ (Spinus tristis) 

 Wild-canary ) 



Arkansas goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) 

 Red-poll (Acanthis linaria) 

 Purple finch (Carpodacus purpureus) 

 House finch (Carpodacus frontalis) 

 Other finches, species not indicated 

 Linnet, species not indicated 

 Purple grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 

 Grackles, species not indicated 

 Baltimore oriole (Icterus Baltimore) 

 Orchard oriole (Icterus spurius) 

 Orioles, species not indicated 



I!eadow-lark (Sturnella magna) 

 exJ-winged blackbird (Agelaius phceniceus) 



Reports. 

 377 



4 

 14 



3 



64 



116 



8 



33 

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9 



4 



65 



198 



25 

 24 



40 



26 



72 



2 



5 



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16 



7 

 39 



32 



5 

 37 



4 

 10 



3 



Blackbirds, species not indicated 8 



Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) 5 



Shore lark (Otocoris alpestris) 1 



Blue jay, jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 36 



Crow, species not indicated 5 



Least pewee (Empidonax minimus) 3 



Wood pewee (Contopus virens) 1 



Phoebe (Sayornis phcebe) 28 



Great crested fly catcher (Myriarchus crinitus) 1 

 Kingbird ) 



Bee martin > (Tyrannus tyrannus) 17 

 Bee-bird ) 



Fly-catchers, species not indicated 8 



Insectivorous birds, species not indicated 5 



Song birds, species not indicated 31 



Humming-birds (Trochilus colubris) 1 



Chimney swallow or swift (Chaetura pelagica) 3 



Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrorius) 3 



Yellow-bellied woodpecker (Sphyrapicus varius) 1 



Sap sucker, species not indicated 2 



Downey woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) 8 



Hairy woodpecker (Dryobates villosus) 1 

 Golden-winged woodpecker, flicker (Colaptes auratus) 3 



Woodpecker, species not indicated 6 



Yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) 1 



Annual increase and total number of English sparrows, 



the progeny of a single pair, in successive seasons 



for 10 years, assuming that all lived : 





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