. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state. Birds -- Ohio. THE ENGLISH SPARROW. 4i sentimentality of people who build bird-houses and throw out crumbs for "the dear little birdies", and then care n< ithing whether honest birds or scalawags get them. Such people belong to the same class as those who drop kittens on their neighbors' door-steps because they wouldn't have the heart to kill them them- selves, vou NOTHING IS TOO GOOD FOR THEM. OVER TO THE NOISY FOREIGNERS. The increase of this bird in the Unit
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state. Birds -- Ohio. THE ENGLISH SPARROW. 4i sentimentality of people who build bird-houses and throw out crumbs for "the dear little birdies", and then care n< ithing whether honest birds or scalawags get them. Such people belong to the same class as those who drop kittens on their neighbors' door-steps because they wouldn't have the heart to kill them them- selves, vou NOTHING IS TOO GOOD FOR THEM. OVER TO THE NOISY FOREIGNERS. The increase of this bird in the United States is, to a lover of birds, simply frightful. Their fecundity is amazing and their adaptability apparently limit- less. Mr. Barrows, in a special report prepared under the direction of the (x «\ ernment. estimates that the increase of a single pair, if unhindered, would amount in ten years to 275,716,983,698 birds. As to its range, we note that the subjugation of the East has long since been accomplished and that the conquest of the West is succeeding rapidly. It is only a question of a few years until it becomes omnipresent in our land. It requires no testimony to show that the presence of this bird is absolutely undesirable. It is a scourge to the agriculturist, a plague to the architect and the avowed and determined enemy of all other birds. It is, in short, in the. 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 original Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928; Jones, Lynds, b. 1865. Columbus, Wheaton Pub. Co.
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