Show BIR information ABOUT THEM 31 THE BUREAU OF biological t OF T it UNITED STATES DEPART MENT OF agriculture ENGLISH SPARR arow OW goseer dom wool aw I 1 length about six and oue one fourth inches its it inces Baut chattering balsome rela ral ome some disposition anil and abundance dai and familiarity about human babeta babita irions j tlona distinguish it from our native sparrows pirro wB range resident Resi dont throughout the united states and southern bouthern canada hableb and economic status al most moat universally condemned once its ita introduce i into the states the th i branow has haa not only held field its it own but has haa ever increased in numbers and extended its lange iange in alte spite of all opposition its habit ot 0 driving out or even killing more bone bene tidal species and the defiling ot build ingi fuse by ltd its droppings drop and by its own unsightly structures are serious objections to this sparrow moreover in rural districts it to la dest destructive r c tive to 1 grain peas beuna betins and ami ot other h e r vegetables on oil the other hand the bird feeds to some extent on a large irge num um her bar of insect posts and this fact points to the need of a new investigation of the present economic status of the ope ides especially as an it promises to be of service in holding in check tile the newly introduced alfalfa weevil which threat on eni the alfalfa industry in utah and neighboring beates in cities most ot of the food of the tb anglish branow to 1 f waste material secured from the th streets |