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Show EACH PAIR OF BIRDS I IN THE UNITED STATES HAS ACRE OF LAND I -m H Winged Population Much Less Than It Ought to Be, Say Depart- ment Experts I Washington, Fob. 16. A census of blrdB of the United States an- I nounced by tho department of ngrl- I culture today, shows an average of sixty" pairs of English sparrows to tho square mile or seven to ovory 100 native birds throughout tho country. I Tho robin is tho most numerous bird, with tho English sparrow n I closo second. In tho northeast, rob- I Ins average six pairs to each farm of flfty-olcht acres, whllo English I sparrows avorago flvo pairs por farm. I As for density of population on I each acre of farm land there was I an nverago of ono pair of birds. The I bird population Is much less than it I ought to bo, according to department I experts. I |