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the pines, and their loud, scolding notes warned us of the approach 
of an intruder; even the timid crow came into the trees in com- 
parative security. For years I have lived with these birds. Year 
after year they came back, reaching their old haunts a few days 
earlier or later each year, as the season was early or late. The old 
pond is now filled up and houses are built on its site, many of the 
trees and bushes are gone and the birds have sought more con- 
genial places, until hardly a ‘‘corporal’s guard” of their former 
great numbers remain. And instead of the beautiful song of the 
‘* brown thrasher”’ and the cheerful notes of the ‘‘ song sparrow,” 
we have the unmusical chatter of the pestiferous European spar- 
row. Since the introduction and multiplication of this bird, the 
house wrens and song sparrows have completely disappeared. 
Below I give a list of the species: 
Podilymbus podiceps (L.) Pied billed Grebe. 
Anas carolinensis Gm. Green winged Teal. 
Anas discors Linn. Blue winged Teal. 
Charitonetta albeola (Linn.) ‘‘ Butter ball Duck.”’ 
Botaurus lentiginosus (Mon.) Bittern. 
Ardea virescens Linn. Green Heron. 
Porzana carolina (Linn.) Sora Rail. 
Philohela minor (Gm.) Woodcock. 
Gallinago delicata (Ord.) Wilson’s Snipe. 
Totanus solitarius (Wils.) Solitary Sandpiper. 
Actitis macularis (Linn.) Spotted Sandpiper. 
Aegialitis vocifera (Linn.) Killdeer. 
Colinus virginianus (Linn.) Bob-white. 
Ectopistes migratorius (Linn. ) Wild Pigeon. 
Zenaidura macroura (Linn.) Mourning Dove. 
Accipiter velox (Wils.) Sharp-shinned Hawk. 
Accipiter cooperi (Bon.) Ccoper’s Hawk. 
Buteo lineatus (Gmel. ) Red-shouldered Hawk. 
Buteo latissimus (Wils.) Broad-winged Hawk. 
Falco sparverius Linn. Sparrow Hawk. 
Asio wilsonianus (Less. ) Long-eared Owl. 
Asio accipitrinus (Pall.) Short-eared Owl. 
Syrnium nebulosum Gray. Barred Owl. 
Megascops asio (Linn.) Screech Owl. 
Bubo virginianus (Gm.) Horned Owl. 
Coccyzus americanus (Linn. ) Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 
