. Bird-lore . lX «*K .^. ENGLISH SPARROW Order—PasseresGenus—Passer National Association of Audubon Societies Family—FringillidveSpecies—DOMESTicus The English Sparrow 6i *In the spring of 1853 they were all let loose in the grounds of GreenwoodCemetery, and a man hired to watch them. They did well and multiplied, andI have original notes taken from time to time of their increase and colonizationover our great country. This appears to have been only the first of many importations that fol-lowed. For example, Colonel William Rhodes, of Quebec, Canada, introducedSparrows at Portland, Maine, in 1
. Bird-lore . lX «*K .^. ENGLISH SPARROW Order—PasseresGenus—Passer National Association of Audubon Societies Family—FringillidveSpecies—DOMESTicus The English Sparrow 6i *In the spring of 1853 they were all let loose in the grounds of GreenwoodCemetery, and a man hired to watch them. They did well and multiplied, andI have original notes taken from time to time of their increase and colonizationover our great country. This appears to have been only the first of many importations that fol-lowed. For example, Colonel William Rhodes, of Quebec, Canada, introducedSparrows at Portland, Maine, in 1854. Other men brought some to Peace Dale,Rhode Island, in 1858. In i860 twelve birds were liberated in Madison Square,New York. City; and four years later they were introduced into Central 1866 200 were set free in Union Park, New York City. Forty pairs werebrought to New Haven, Connecticut in 1867. Twenty Sparrows were turnedloose in Boston Common in 1868. In 1869 the City Government of Philadel-phia bo
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