Note 24 — THE SPARROWS.[24]

The sparrows here mentioned are all native species. A full account of the English, or house, sparrow (Passer domesticus), including its introduction, habits, and depredations, was published in Bul. No. 1 of the Division of Ornithology in 1889. For information in regard to combating the English sparrow, see Farmers’ Bulletin 493, The English Sparrow as a Pest, by Ned Dearborn, 1912.