Show I SPARROWS Kill QUAIL California Sportsman Asked Aked to Make Hak ak Strenuous War bu on Eng lish Pest San an Bernardino Berardino Der 12 English Ush sparrows destroy destro even een quail quai qu l is the declaration made by John JohnJ J S Durham a awell awen awell well wen known sportsman who has just returned from tom an extended hunting trip through the he desert lowlands or foothills bordering the western rim of ot te the California desert desert Durham has been assisting the bu bureau bureau bureau reau of oC biographical survey sune of the agricultural department in its is cam campaign of or extermination being waged wage against Ul English En sparrow and says sa s that he was vas an a eyewitness of or an at attack attack attack tack made by b a colony clony of sparrows on ona ona ona a covey of quail quai which seemed to be trespassing upon the sparrows feeding grounds rounds In this unusual encounter a sparrow sparow burled buried its sharp beak In the head of a quail and in an instant dozens of an angry angry angry gry sparrows pounced upon the wound wounded ed c bird and soon son had it lifeless in the brush This remarkable exhibition as astonished a Durham who says he has never heard head of a similar Instance He Ho brought the attack atack upon the native game gme bird to an end by shooting Into the sparrows and for three thre thre days he kept up tl this continuous fight killing dozens of the foreign pest pet Durham proposes to appeal appl to the sportsmen of the state to lend personal aid to the campaign against the spar sparrow sparrow row rw as a result of what he witnessed In his wanderings he crossed the path of Commissioner Loye Le Holmes Miller who is connected with wih the biographical survey surrey bureau and has ha been ben on an ex extensive extensive extensive tour of the desert after spar sparrows sparrows rows ro s Miller is fitting out for a i more ex cx extended extended tended trip which will be commenced after ater the holidays holdas |