house-sparrow. 
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rapidly, become an insupportable nuisance rpnrlpvinn. u 
and kept within bounds. ’ ° necessary that their numbers should be diminished 
In order to aid digestion, or for other mimm. « 
them clinging to the newly-built walls in the southern parts”™ g 000aS10IlaI1 ^ their dict : 1 haT0 oft en seen 
in the sea-sand used in its composition in this loealitv S X IT imS ** th ° m0rtar ; P ossibl y the salt 
female was distinctly observed Mting oYand ^ ™™ry a 
operation was watched immediately beneath a w ndo fl T? ‘“T ^ ° f SraSS ® a la ™ 1 - *h. 
the bird were clearly visible. “ "" d ' Stan0 ° ° f onl ^ si * » eight feet, the aetions of 
c„nnS7 P ““: f he s " * re “ ™ piaie 1 ■ *• ^ 
relatives, the pair of town Sparrows secured in ihe vicinity of =4^^™ ^ 
