. The Bermuda islands. An account of their scenery, climate, productions, physiography, natural history and geology, with sketches of their discovery and early history, and the changes in their flora and fauna due to man. Natural history. "723 A. M. Verrill—The Bermuda Islands. 311 appreciable extent. It has, however, become very abundant and familiar in all parts of the islands and does considerable damage to fruits and in other ways, so that it is generally considered a nuisance. It does not confine itself so much to the settlements and highways as in the United States, but is seen ever
. The Bermuda islands. An account of their scenery, climate, productions, physiography, natural history and geology, with sketches of their discovery and early history, and the changes in their flora and fauna due to man. Natural history. "723 A. M. Verrill—The Bermuda Islands. 311 appreciable extent. It has, however, become very abundant and familiar in all parts of the islands and does considerable damage to fruits and in other ways, so that it is generally considered a nuisance. It does not confine itself so much to the settlements and highways as in the United States, but is seen everywhere in the fields and woods. It is accused of desti'oying the eggs of other more useful birds, as with us. The Bluebird, especially, is said to suffer thus from its depredations. In 1883, an act was passed " To encourage the destruction of ; But this did not seem to cause any apparent decrease in its numbers, though the amount paid in boun- ties is said to have been £800 in one year. It was introduced into Bermuda from the United States in 1875. European Tree-Sparrow. {Passer yitontanus (L.) Koch.) This bird is apparently not uncommon. It was probably intro- duced accidentally with the English Sparrow and has similar habits, but it is less familiar. It was first I'ecorded by A. H. Verrill, who found it common in Paget Parish, March, 1901.*. Figure 60.—European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis (L.) Schaf.) Phot, from life by A. H. Verrill. European Goldfinch. [Carduelis carduelis (L.) Schilf.) Figure 60. This elegant little bird is becoming quite common in certain locali- ties and seems to be fully naturalized. Numerous specimens were seen in 1901, especially about Hungry Bay. * Amer. Jour. Science, xii, p. 64, July, 1901 ; and The Osprey, July, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the
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