| 单词 | English sparrow |
| 例句 | Whenever Joe Mondragon felt really nervous, he charged into his chicken shed and started madly catching the English sparrows that fed on the hen scratch Joe kept in a long aluminum hopper in there. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of the damage they did to native birds, cats — along with English sparrows — were among Bailey’s least-favorite things. Perspective | Remembering Florence Merriam Bailey, the bird woman of Washington 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z He promised that, if they continued to thrive, English sparrows would be claimed as "thoroughly naturalized citizens." Victorian efforts to export animals to new worlds failed, mostly 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z Carnahan flies Tink mostly around the farm, where she catches small birds such as starlings and English sparrows. On wings of eagles 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z An 1897 article in The Washington Post noted that 30 U.S. states were offering bounties for certain troublesome animals, including wolves, panthers, ground squirrels, pocket gophers, woodchucks and English sparrows. Perspective | Remembering the time when California begged children to kill squirrels 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z If you are more intrigued than horrified, there are still spots for next month’s workshop on stuffing English sparrows. New York Today: Stuffed 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z The House, or English sparrow, was first introduced into the United States in 1851. Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day 2011-12-16T03:00:11.660Z He is over an inch longer than the English sparrow. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Captain Brown tells of a pair of swallows who returning to their last year's nest found it occupied by a robust English sparrow. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z I think the English sparrow will eventually develop some form of song. Rambles with John Burroughs 2011-10-22T02:00:31.317Z A large group of birds, for the most part smaller than the English sparrow; all, except the ground warblers, of beautiful plumage, in which yellow, olive, slate-blue, black, and white are predominant colors. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z What attracted my attention to them was the busy action of some two dozen English sparrows, hopping here and there in the tree, peering under the leaves, and savagely feeding on something. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z A larger hole would mean that English sparrows, who push themselves everywhere where not invited, would probably take possession of each house as fast as you nailed it up. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z “I remember it, I like the situation; there are English sparrows in the trees.” Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life 2011-08-09T02:00:30.317Z Those detested foreigners, the English sparrows, increase and multiply in spite of bitter winters and righteous persecution, while our natives, the beloved song-birds, diminish in numbers. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z More than an inch shorter than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Some years ago the English sparrow was introduced into that country of free institutions called the United States. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z Both are a trifle smaller than the English sparrow. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Without, the English sparrows set up their garrulous chirpings, and like a draught of some blessed elixir, a faint breath of early morning, dew-damp air was wafted through the outer bars into the sodden cells. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z The female looks like the female English sparrow. St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11 An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-05-07T02:00:31.650Z About an inch smaller than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z The Central American species are small, not larger than an English sparrow, but do not hesitate to attack cattle, and even men. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z Shrikes seem to be the only creatures that really rejoice in the rapid increase of English sparrows. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Last night I slept as comfortably out-of-doors as if on the Bluff, and this morning the English sparrows woke me with their chattering under the eaves three stories above.” The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z The question, 'Ought the English sparrow in this country to be considered an American bird?' was decided in the affirmative. St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11 An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-05-07T02:00:31.650Z About an inch longer than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z The people would compromise with them gladly, if they would war on the English sparrows, but as far as the author knows they never do that, recognizing, no doubt, and respecting a kindred depravity. The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country 2011-03-04T03:00:59.137Z He is shorter than the English sparrow by an inch. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The violence you observed is consistent with known behavior patterns of the house sparrow or English sparrow, Passer domesticus, a status-conscious bird with strong instincts to defend its nesting territory and feeding privileges. Q & A: Gangster Sparrows 2010-06-07T19:52:00Z They are addressed severally to a white violet, an English sparrow, and a butterfly. Sister Dolorosa and Posthumous Fame About an inch smaller than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z In the absence of anything else I have sometimes used English sparrows with fair results. Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. After that the English sparrows may take the songster's leavings. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The English sparrow pursues his ubiquitous search for food with insular disdain of everything he does not understand. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road The Cape sparrow has completely acclimatized itself to town life and prevented the English sparrow obtaining a footing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" Smaller than the English sparrow, or the size of a canary. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z An Atchison man planted lettuce, but as fast as it came through the ground the English sparrows ate it off. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 How wonderfully that saucy little gamin, the English sparrow, has adjusted himself to this new land! Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Sigurd instinctively understood that the little birds were guests—to the English sparrows he gave the benefit of the doubt—and that the blue jays and squirrels were intruders. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road One often sees hovering about the gardens and bungalows a little bird as large as an English sparrow, called the Ceylon bird of paradise, but which does not deserve that name. The Pearl of India About an inch smaller than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Encourage birds by every means, and never let one, or a nest, be disturbed, unless it is that belligerent little alien, the English sparrow. The Apple A kingbird doesn't like the scolding catbird for a neighbour, or the teasing blue jay, or the meddlesome English sparrow, but he simply gives them a wide berth. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Even the tireless vireo, who peopled the woods as the English sparrow the city streets, was hushed. Upon The Tree-Tops He had long since forgotten the English sparrows, erstwhile avian pest of America, that were to vanish so swiftly with the final abolition of the horse. A World Apart About an inch longer than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Her hair hung to her waist and was the convenient nesting place for several English sparrows. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 Don't mistake him for an English sparrow; notice his distinguishing marks: the fine dark streaks on his light breast tend to form a larger blotch in the centre. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Consumptives were as thick as English sparrows in Colorado and I saw ample evidences of the disease in all its horrible details. Confessions of a Neurasthenic I suspected an English sparrow had taken possession of Downy's cell in his absence during the day, but I was wrong. Ways of Nature Actually about one-fourth smaller than the English sparrow; apparently only half as large because of its erect tail. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z The little English sparrow seems to be ubiquitous, and as pugnacious here as on Boston Common, or the Central Park of New York. Due South or Cuba Past and Present But by simply assuming superiority and expressing it only by running in a threatening attitude toward each English sparrow who dares to alight on the roof, does he bluff him into flying away again! Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The English sparrow feeds on all sorts of things, and the East Indian mongoose, while it was introduced into Jamaica to kill snakes, was found, too late, to be also a very general feeder. Little Masterpieces of Science: The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer I am told that there is a well-authenticated case of an English sparrow brought up with canaries that learned to sing like a canary. Ways of Nature Just a trifle smaller than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z "See, Miss, a sparrow who carries a piece of bread big as a house; is it then an English sparrow that accomplishes such prodigies?" Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 30, 1914 He is smaller than a robin by two inches, yet larger than the English sparrow, who shares with him a vast amount of public condemnation. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The unfortunate introduction of the English sparrow into this country is mentioned, and the equally unfortunate introduction of the East Indian mongoose into the West Indies as well. Little Masterpieces of Science: The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer It has been found that the eggs of the English sparrow vary in form and color more in the United States than in Great Britain. Ways of Nature About an inch longer than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Have attracted at least three kinds of birds, exclusive of the English sparrow, to a "lunch counter" which he has supplied. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 It is persistently in motion, is nearly constant in song, and is a bird of fair size, being larger than our English sparrow, though smaller than a robin. The Meaning of Evolution W. W. S.—Many thanks for your kind attention in sending us the interesting facts concerning the nesting of English sparrows in trees. Harper's Young People, September 21, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly One spring a pair of English sparrows tried to build a nest on the plate that upholds the roof of my porch. Ways of Nature About an inch larger than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z The English sparrows come on our porch, and eat the wheat Bob drops from his cage. Harper's Young People, August 24, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The immediate result is that great quantities of weed seeds are seized upon by the English sparrow, as, indeed, by every other finch which is with us in winter. The Meaning of Evolution Daisy R. English sparrows build in little houses, if kind hands provide them, otherwise they seek out any cozy corner wherever there is a shelf upon which to lodge their nest. Harper's Young People, July 13, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly I have myself seen a crow blackbird kill an English sparrow. Ways of Nature More than an inch shorter than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Some clever observer saw this little comedy played among some English sparrows, and wrote an account of it in his newspaper. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 But there is no difficulty whatever in telling the male from the female of the English sparrow. The Meaning of Evolution I should like to know if English sparrows build in trees as robins do. Harper's Young People, July 13, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly A caged English sparrow has been known to learn the song of the canary caged with or near it, but the sparrow certainly inherits the song impulse. Ways of Nature About an inch smaller than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z He was gazing reflectively at a couple of English sparrows perched on one of the telephone wires some distance down the line. Anderson Crow, Detective In comparison with these melodious birds the English sparrow makes no showing whatever. The Meaning of Evolution Formerly things were different, they have heard, but now the abominable English sparrows monopolize every nook and corner. Birds in the Bush I was reminded of an English sparrow carrying a piece of bread as big as his head, a sight familiar to every one. A Bird-Lover in the West About an inch smaller than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z The English sparrow was first, as usual, to inquire into their right to be out of their own tree. Little Brothers of the Air By such means the English sparrow has spread over much the larger portion of the American continent. The Meaning of Evolution He replied that it would be of no use; we hadn't any birds now, and we shouldn't have any so long as the English sparrows were here to drive them away. Birds in the Bush However the student may miss the birds he knows at home, he must rejoice in the absence of one,—the English sparrow. A Bird-Lover in the West About an inch and a half shorter than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Others there were, casual visitors, and of course it did not escape the squawks and squabbles of the English sparrow,— "Irritant, iterant, maddening bird." Little Brothers of the Air But the English sparrow is more adaptable than are the people. The Meaning of Evolution I smell the blood of an English sparrow; and however long he may live, he never forgets his early training. Birds in the Bush Wherever the inequalities of the stones or the shrinkage of the wood has left an opening, and made penetration possible, there an English sparrow has established a permanent abode. A Bird-Lover in the West About an inch shorter than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z The most troublesome meddler was, as might be expected, an English sparrow. Little Brothers of the Air Philadelphia believed she was engaging in a particularly advanced movement when she imported from England one thousand English sparrows, nearly as many as were liberated by all other cities together. The Meaning of Evolution The first case called was that of the English sparrow, who made such a noisy disturbance that the bailiff had to call for silence. Conservation Reader But the subject of English sparrows is maddening to a lover of native birds; let us not defile the magic hour by considering it. A Bird-Lover in the West About an inch shorter than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Then, too, came the jubilee of the English sparrow, welcoming the appearance of mankind, whose waste and improvidence supply so easily his larder. Little Brothers of the Air Now this preference for color over song must have evidently evolved in connection with the development of social habits in the English sparrows. The Meaning of Evolution He cautioned all present, however, always to be very careful to distinguish between the English sparrow and the other sparrows. Conservation Reader The latter feed chiefly upon English sparrows and hence are worthy of the most careful protection. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Actually a little smaller than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z The first broods of English sparrows had long before united in a mob, and established themselves in the grove, and the nests were a second time full of gaping infants calling ever for more. Little Brothers of the Air The English sparrow was once probably quite as migratory as any of the rest of these, but a great change has come over his habits. The Meaning of Evolution The English sparrow has spread over much of the country and is driving many of the native birds from their homes, because of its quarrelsome disposition. Conservation Reader Violent hailstorms, coming in warm weather without warning, are quite common agents in the destruction of birds, and in a city thousands of English sparrows have been stricken during such a storm. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Just a trifle smaller than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Our native American birds, at least some of them, suffer a good deal at the hands, so to speak, of the pestiferous English sparrows, which were introduced into this country by some egregious blunder. Our Bird Comrades These, then, are the most important points in which the English sparrow has varied from his sparrow cousins and made of himself the most successful town dweller in the bird world. The Meaning of Evolution To the teacher.—Base lessons in bird study upon the English sparrow, flicker, wren, and meadow-lark. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study If ever shrikes will learn to confine their attacks to English sparrows, we should offer them every encouragement. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Less than an inch shorter than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Were there ever such pesky, ill-mannered citizens as the English sparrows? Our Bird Comrades The Wall Street canyon is not deep enough, nor contracted enough, nor free enough of food to blot out the life of the English sparrow. The Meaning of Evolution Protection of the garden against injury from dogs, pigs, poultry, and English sparrows. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study By seven o’clock there are hundreds of English sparrows perching in this one tree. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year About an inch smaller than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z There can be no doubt that the English sparrows are regular bullies. Our Bird Comrades Most of the English sparrow's cousins in this finch group confine themselves rather rigidly to this diet. The Meaning of Evolution Perhaps it took the hint from its cousin the English sparrow. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs Let us take, for example, the omnipresent English sparrow. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year About an inch smaller than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z The English sparrows are not the only birds that disturb the harmony of the bird realm. Our Bird Comrades So, because the English sparrow does little that is to our advantage and much that is to our annoyance, he is in our estimation a reprobate and an unending nuisance. The Meaning of Evolution By the time the hawk was ready to fly, it had consumed twenty-one chipmunks, fourteen red squirrels, sixteen mice, and twelve English sparrows, besides a great deal of butcher's meat. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs Most of us probably know the difference between the male and female English sparrows, but I venture to say that not one in ten persons could give a satisfactory description of the colours of either. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year An inch and a half shorter than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z "Surely that is not the racket of the English sparrow; it is too musical," I remarked to a friend walking by my side. Birds of the Rockies We have seen the worst of the English sparrow; he has now found his equilibrium. The Meaning of Evolution At last when Rusty had almost given up all hope of finding anyone of the required size, a young English sparrow flew up and said boldly that he was the very person for the position. The Tale of Rusty Wren Little can be said in favour of the English sparrows’ disposition, but let us not blame them for their unfortunate increase in numbers. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Over an inch smaller than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z What could this chipper little city chap be, with his trig form and well-bred manners, in such marked contrast with those of the swaggering English sparrow? Birds of the Rockies Finding a favorable opportunity, these Brooklyn men dispatched an order to a man in Europe, asking him to supply them with one hundred English sparrows. The Meaning of Evolution “I’m afraid you won’t do,” he said to the young English sparrow. The Tale of Rusty Wren Thus we have represented, in the English sparrows, the two extremes of courtship among birds. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year About an inch shorter than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z In this respect he bears likeness to the English sparrow; but let it be remembered that there the analogy stops. Birds of the Rockies But our English sparrow is not only better fitted for the struggle than the robins and bluebirds, the orioles and the wrens. The Meaning of Evolution And she had no intention of letting any rude, noisy English sparrow—even if he was a young one—come inside her house. The Tale of Rusty Wren "I'd rather be called a raven than a catbird or a poll parrot or an English sparrow." Molly Brown's Senior Days About an inch shorter than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z At Khartoum the sight of flocks of English sparrows had gladdened Gordon's heart. The Story of General Gordon This brilliancy of male plumage in the presence of the somber color of his mate would seem to indicate that the English sparrow is eye-minded rather than ear-minded. The Meaning of Evolution The English sparrow, doves and other insectivorous birds, if there are any others that eat them, should be domesticated in order to reduce the number of these pests. Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses In order to get rid of them, we brought the English sparrow here. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent About the same size as the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z But, like the English sparrow, one minute it is here and the next somewhere else; from filth to foods and then back again to filth. An Elementary Study of Insects But last week I felt sure that the calendar was wrong and I wondered whether God made only English sparrows this year; that was all I could see. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' The charming little lazulii buntings were tamer than the irritating dirty English sparrows at home. The Black Wolf Pack If no other bird is to be found, the English sparrow will answer. Bird Day; How to prepare for it About two inches smaller than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Both North and South, the swallows are among the most useful of all birds to the farmer and fruit grower, and should be protected from English sparrows and encouraged in every possible way. Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation Sometimes the English sparrows mob him and dispossess him. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers The first English sparrow was brought to the United States in 1850, but it was not until 1870 that the species can be said to have firmly established itself. The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference This nest building may be watched during the entire season, for the English sparrow raises more broods than any other of our birds. Bird Day; How to prepare for it About an inch smaller than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z The canary furnished materials for a Yellow May; a dooryard English sparrow, for a Brown Hackle. The Joyful Heart It reminded me of an English sparrow's blatant personality. Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour Soon thereafter, two or three English sparrows flew into the yard from nearby trees. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 The English sparrow may be considered as the A B C of birds in his appearance and in the kind of life he leads. Bird Day; How to prepare for it A trifle over an inch longer than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Little flocks of warblers flit among the tree tops and the bushy margin of ponds near the creek will soon be alive with the myrtle warblers—as numerous as English sparrows in a barn-yard. Some Summer Days in Iowa “Chip-chip-chip-chip,”—yes, of course that’s the chipping sparrow; another of the engaging creatures which almost has been driven from the habitations of his human friends by the miserable English sparrows. Some Spring Days in Iowa The orioles are peace-loving birds, and dislike the society of those noisy, pugnacious little rascals, the English sparrows, which have of late taken possession of our streets. Ways of Wood Folk Write a description of each bird upon the plan used for the English sparrow. Bird Day; How to prepare for it Over an inch smaller than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z They frequent the road through the timber and have some of the habits of the English sparrow. Some Winter Days in Iowa But they found every place fully occupied by the pestiferous English sparrows, who darted at them maliciously. Some Spring Days in Iowa The English sparrows were chirping as usual and making enough noise, but through their bickerings the silence still annoyed Mrs. Gratz, and then, quite suddenly again, she knew. The Thin Santa Claus The Chicken Yard That Was a Christmas Stocking English sparrow was its principal diet, and every morning and afternoon an observer might have seen the hawk soar to the park grounds on its hunting trips. Bird Day; How to prepare for it About an inch shorter than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Nuthatches, woodpeckers, and chickadees join the English sparrows in begging crumbs and scraps around the kitchen door. Some Winter Days in Iowa Otherwise he looks much like an English sparrow. Some Spring Days in Iowa Toward the English sparrow she positively declines to harden her heart, in spite of my having repeated the story of its encroachments and crimes. The Garden, You, and I The English sparrow came also, and the little maid drove them away without the chippies being disturbed. Bird Day; How to prepare for it About an inch shorter than the English sparrow, but apparently much larger because of its wide wing-spread. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z English sparrows are killed by prolonged cold and snow as surely as by the hawk. The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope Next to a cat, the worst enemies of our song birds are the English sparrows. Outdoor Sports and Games He looked more and more like a well-to-do old English sparrow, and chippered faster and faster. Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches The English sparrows will occupy these compartments; but if the martins conclude to take possession they will push out the sparrows and their belongings without assistance. Bird Day; How to prepare for it Nearly an inch shorter than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z The relations of protozoa and bacteria, conger-eels and other fish, English sparrows and hawks, plants and herbivorous animals, are typical examples of the universal conflict in which all organisms are involved in some way. The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope On the morning of her disappearance, Betsey rose even before the pewee and the English sparrow, and dressed herself quietly, though with trembling hands, and stole out of the kitchen door like a plunderless thief. A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches The hateful English sparrow has been so reduced in numbers by sparrow traps that now they keep away and the bluebirds take their own boxes again. Memories and Anecdotes If the English sparrows build in them their nests should be broken up; and this repeatedly, so long as they persist in building. Bird Day; How to prepare for it About an inch and a half shorter than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Probably everyone would agree that flies, wolves and English sparrows are noxious. Supplement to Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador Supplement to an Address Presented by Lt.-Colonel William Wood, F.R.S.C. Before the Second Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation in January, 1911 All the other birds yield them precedence, and they positively domineer over the pugnacious little English sparrow, who is content to keep in the background and watch his chance when feeding-time comes. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 Humming-birds built in these, and one could hear their curious little warbling mingling with the hoarse chirp of the English sparrows which nested under the eaves. Vandover and the Brute During the last five or six years two States have been engaged in an unsuccessful attempt to exterminate English sparrows by paying bounties for their heads. Bird Day; How to prepare for it Just an inch shorter than the typical English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z It is the English sparrow's way of waking up; his way of whetting his appetite for breakfast; his way of digesting his dinner; his way of settling his supper—his normal waking way. Roof and Meadow I like every kind of bird," said Florence Austin at the next meeting of the Society, "except the English sparrows. Miss Elliot's Girls Stories of Beasts, Birds, and Butterflies Many birds, like the English sparrow and the blue jay, quarrel all day long. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors Chickens on the Southern farm simply live around the premises as do rats or English sparrows. The Dollar Hen About two inches smaller than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z If this surmise is correct, then the presence of two families of English sparrows among them might account for there being only eight nests now, where a decade ago there were twenty. Roof and Meadow My father says the English sparrow is the most impudent bird that ever was hatched. Miss Elliot's Girls Stories of Beasts, Birds, and Butterflies It is on a par with the "sport" of hunting English sparrows in a city street. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Now and again one will see a flock of English sparrows, and the sweet-voiced song-sparrow endeavors to make up for the vulgarity of its English cousin by the delicate softness of its peculiar song. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter About an inch and a half smaller than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z The year around there are English sparrows and pigeons; and all through the summer scarcely an evening passes when a few chimney-swallows are not in sight. Roof and Meadow Well, you'd have thought that birds of paradise were national pests, like English sparrows. Cheerful—By Request The ground sparrows suffered severely, while the English sparrow seems to have come through in good shape. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The others remained on board, Eshwell and Tempest to guard the boat against the swarms of boys darting and swooping and chattering like a huge flock of impudent English sparrows. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise About an inch and a half smaller than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z There is always an English sparrow on my roof—which does not particularly commend the roof to bird-lovers, I know. Roof and Meadow Macaroni.—You are right in supposing that the queer little birds by which our parks have been enlivened for some few years past are improperly called English sparrows. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 16, July 16, 1870 Were I a farmer, no gun ever should be fired on my premises at any bird save the English sparrow and the three bad hawks. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Birds, and cats The picture in the landscape is not complete without birds, and the birds should comprise more species than English sparrows. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) About an inch and a half shorter than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z In his suburban home he had caught rats and captured on the sly many an English sparrow. Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others The finished product is to have a sky-blue cover and be decorated either with an English sparrow, the only bird she has seen, or a cow. Michael O'Halloran The value of hawks and owls rests upon their perpetual warfare on the millions of destructive rats, mice, moles, shrews, weasels, rabbits and English sparrows that constantly prey upon what the farmer produces. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The black-eyed Susan, like the English sparrow, has come to stay—let farmers and law-makers do what they will. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing An inch and a half smaller than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z "There goes either a great man or a crazy fool," he remarked to an English sparrow. The Sign at Six I have always been a bossy, cocksure little creature, swaggering about the world like an English sparrow; and now I'm paying for it! The Adventures of Sally —In the United States, the English sparrow is a national sorrow, almost too great to be endured. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The same proceeding may be observed among the English sparrows, now fairly established on our soil. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton A little shorter than the English sparrow, but apparently much larger because of its wide wing-spread. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z We had the greatest time, last winter," continued Statira, "with those English sparrows. The Minister's Charge English sparrows were jumping here and there, engaged in their everlasting spats, but she could not ask them. We Can't Have Everything The English sparrow is a nuisance and a pest, and if it could be returned to the land of its nativity we would gain much. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Agriculturalists and naturalists will know him as the introducer of the English sparrow and the Messina quail. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present A trifle over half as long as the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Sometimes their search for food leads them into the heart of towns and cities, where they are as bold and as much at home as the English sparrow. Nature's Serial Story And behold the grit and hardihood of that little emigrant or exile to our shores, the English sparrow! Locusts and Wild Honey There is one place in the country where English sparrows have not yet come; and whenever they do appear there, they will meet a hostile reception. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation They have no wings, yet they soar and fly like English sparrows. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists About the same size as the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Our robin is a big, lordly chap about ten inches long, but the English robin is not more than five and a half inches long; that is, it is smaller than an English sparrow. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2 The English sparrow is a street gamin, our bird a timid rustic. Locusts and Wild Honey An English sparrow pluckily rescued his mate from a big snowdrift at the risk of his life. Friends and Helpers These birds are more enterprising than the English sparrows, which also swarm in the island towns but do not brave the mountain-heights. Time and Change About two inches smaller than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z It seems a bit remote to urge hippopotamus on us who do not yet know enough to eat sharks, tortoises, painted turtles, or even English sparrows. Three Acres and Liberty It may be that he cannot stand the extremes of our climate, though the English sparrow thrives well enough. Winter Sunshine "English sparrows, Mr. Spencer," said the boy, coming forward. Friends and Helpers English sparrows, too, had taken possession here and there just as their countrymen had taken possession of the city. See America First Just a shade smaller than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Perhaps it took the hint from its cousin, the English sparrow. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers All the sharp tongues in the world couldn't budge Bully the English sparrow. The Burgess Bird Book for Children While we find our own sparrows lovable we are not so fond of the English sparrows, which have become more numerous than the native birds. Friends and Helpers Of all early risers, my most importunate, aggressive, and obtrusive companions are the English sparrows. Drift from Two Shores Actually about one-third smaller than the English sparrow, but apparently only half its size. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Smaller than the English sparrow, or the size of a canary. Bird Neighbors English sparrows are not real birds; they are little beasts. Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things He says it will make me hard-hearted to kill anything—even English sparrows. Friends and Helpers About an inch and a half shorter than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors Nearly an inch longer than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z A few offer them questionable defence by recording the large numbers of English sparrows they kill in a season, as if wanton carnage were ever justifiable. Bird Neighbors The kingdom of ornithology is divided into two departments,—real birds and English sparrows. Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things The English sparrow, or finch, as he is more properly called, may be a troublesome visitor, but we invited him to come, and he is not to blame for some of his disagreeable ways. Friends and Helpers About an inch shorter than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors About an inch smaller than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Actually about one-fourth smaller than the English sparrow; apparently only half as large because of its erect tail. Bird Neighbors A talkative person is like an English sparrow,—a bird that cannot sing, and will sing, and ought to be persuaded not to try to sing. Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things The English sparrow eats also a great many of the army worms which have done so much harm in some parts of the country, and he has in many places entirely destroyed the cankerworms. Friends and Helpers About an inch and a half smaller than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors About the same size as the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Just a trifle smaller than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors The courtship of English sparrows—blustering, noisy, vulgar—is a sight to offend the taste of every gentle on-looker. Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things An inch and a half smaller than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors More than an inch shorter than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors Over an inch shorter than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z About an inch and a half smaller than the English sparrow. Bird Neighbors Actually about one-third smaller than the English sparrow, but apparently only half its size. Bird Neighbors More than an inch shorter than the English sparrow. 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