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lieferences to Works where information will be found on Habits of the 
House Sparrow . 
“ Report of Committee on the House Sparrow rendered to Council 
of American Ornithologists’ Union, April 21st, 1885 ; being Report 
of Results of Investigations over allotted sections of the entire 
United States and Canada.” Procurable also in the Number of 
‘ Forest and Stream ’ for August 6th, 1885 ; published at 39, Park 
Row, New York, U. S. A., or through English booksellers. 
“ Report of the Ornithologist to the Department of Agriculture, 
U. S. A. (Dr. C. Hart Merriam) for the year 1886.” Published at 
Washington, Government Printing-Office, 1887. 
Paper by Prof. C. Y. Riley, Entomologist to Department of Agri¬ 
culture, U. S. A., on “ Contents of Stomachs ” of Sparrows submitted 
to Biological Society of Washington. Substance given by Prof. Riley 
in the ‘ Northern Tribune,’ April 26th, 1888. 
“ Observations by Lieut.-Col. Russell, J.P., D.L., of Stubbers, 
Essex.” Read before the Essex Field Club, and published by that 
Society in their volume for 1882. Buckhurst Hill, Essex. 
‘ The House Sparrow.’ Published by Messrs. Wesley and Son, 
28, Essex Street, Strand, London, W.C. This is a small 8vo. vol. of 
70 pages, containing excellent information, with tables of food of 
adult Sparrows during each month of the year; also up to the time 
of leaving the nest, and other serviceable matter. 
In my own Eighth and Ninth ‘ Reports on Injurious Insects ’ 
(Simpkin, Marshall and Co., Stationers’ Hall Court) I also give reports 
on this bird. 
