BomeA.ee. Bds. Sooth. (lr**nland, m»», 
A. H«*«ruv, *4. byM.Cbeinbt.Flai.. 
Passer domesticus. European House Sparrow. — This species was 
introduced from Denmark several years ago. It has been known to hatch 
its young in nests built outside of the houses, but it does not thrive in this 
climate and the number is diminishing, five old malet/being all that are 
left of the colony, and these do not move five hundred feet from the 
houses. Mr. Hagerup considers that the cold has less effect upon them 
— is less destructive — than the severe and long-continued storms of snow 
and sleet. ^ . 
AjBk.TX.Oet., lABft.y. 197 
I had almost neglected to note another occurrence for which the past win- 
ter will remain remarkable— the advent of Passer domesticus . Somewhere 
about New-Year’s day a small detachment of English Sparrows— the first 
that are known to have visited this Province arrived at St. John in a car 
of grain shipped from some western city ; and, somewhat in the style of 
other ‘cheeky’ visitors, these pests act as if they intended to ‘stay all sum- 
mer.’. — Montague Chamberlain, St. John , N. B. 
Auk, I. July, 1884. p. £<?>/ - 2^,3? 
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160. Passer domesticus. Shot May 27, 1884. 
C . /-/tend ytifAr 4-c. 
Auk, I, July, 1884. p. U* ■ ^ 
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Passer domesticus in Cape Breton.— It seems noteworthy that the 
House Sparrow made its first appearance in Cape Breton coincidently 
with the completion of the Cape Breton Railroad, during the month of 
November last. It is probable that the Sparrow followed up the line of 
the road under construction, attracted by the grain and other supplies 
transported. — W. P. Coues, Cambridge , Mass. 
Auk.YII. April, 1800. p. 3 / A . 
Some Winter Birds of Nova Beotia. U- orreP. 
23. Passer domesticus. English Sparrow. — Common everywhere, 
even in the lumbering towns some distance from railroads. 
Auk, XVI, July, 1899, p • 
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cAT.g. 
Passer domesticus. English Sparrow. — This species lives in winter 
in towns and villages, the families which are raised throughout the 
country in summer flocking to their winter quarters during October. 
Auk, XIX, April., 1902, p M. 
