. . Arctic Coast andupper Yukon Valley; in winter they reach as far south asTennessee and northern Texas. I have four eggs taken by a missionary in the IMacken-zie River region. They are clay colored and clouded withobscure blotches of dark purplish-brown. The nest was ina tussock of grass and composed of moss and fine nests are sometimes lined with a few large feathersfrom the wuld fowl that breed in the same territory. THE ENGLISH SPARROW* The English Sparrow was first introduced into theUnited States at Brooklyn, New Yor
. . Arctic Coast andupper Yukon Valley; in winter they reach as far south asTennessee and northern Texas. I have four eggs taken by a missionary in the IMacken-zie River region. They are clay colored and clouded withobscure blotches of dark purplish-brown. The nest was ina tussock of grass and composed of moss and fine nests are sometimes lined with a few large feathersfrom the wuld fowl that breed in the same territory. THE ENGLISH SPARROW* The English Sparrow was first introduced into theUnited States at Brooklyn, New York, in the years 1851and 52. The trees in our parks were at that time infestedwith a canker-worm, which wrought them great injury, andto rid the trees of these worms was the mission of theEnglish sparrow. In his native country this bird, though of a seed-eatingfamily (Finch), was a great insect eater. The few whichwere brought over performed, at first, the duty required ofthem; they devoured the worm and stayed near the cities. ^-«ra»**»-- »: -Dijt*l9*ifJ^. / 112 KNGLISH ■^ / # n.^^
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