Show the english 0 sparrow that tha ourvor thy doctors are wag dm 19 little english sparrow ing war against deserves a eats many insects few words of defense the sparrow as the writer understands by A G BUCHANAN chicago der stands was 03 introduced f into this country some fifty scars years ago to destroy the inch worms that had become such a pest these worms hung in thousands by invisible webs from the shade trees in the parks and residential streets of our eastern cities at the time the sparrow was brought over many claimed they were grain eaters and destructive to gardens and that they would not eat or destroy worms or insects if they could get their natural food the following facts the writer thinks nill mill refute the above belief one morning a short time since while he be was passing 0 alone along 0 the busiest part of dearborn street a sparrow almost flew into the writers face so ea eager 0 er was the little bird in pursuit of his prey that it had lost all fear of humanity stopping to watch the excited sparrow I 1 saw that it was after I 1 a moth miller so tiny that it was almost invisible in its rapid flight fight to escape back and forward across the sidewall sidewalk bird and miller flew out into the street down into the gutter over hundreds of grains of oats that abat had been dropped in the street by the feeding teams yet the oats the supposed natural food of the sparrow were completely overlooked by the bird its appetite whetted to frenzy by the sight sigh t of the household pest the moth miller it was willing to work and work hard for this flying morsel despite the he easy breakfast lying yin on the street at its feet look on any lawn and you will see sec the sparrow side by side with tl the e robin redbreast hunting bunting 0 not for grain but for the destructive and insect and then too what has become of the old pest the inch worm |