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The English Sparrow in Los Angeles County

Authors
J. Eugene Law
Journal
Condor
Volume
9
Issue
1 (January-February)
Year
1907
Pages
28
Section
From Field and Study
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The English Sparrow in Los Angeles County

On dropping off the train at Newhall for the outing meeting, May 19, 1906, the first birds observed were a colony of English Sparrows (Passer domesticus), which had their homes about the station buildings, and in the pines and eucalyptus trees adjacent. There was the same noisy chatter heard everywhere in the East; and the black-throated males with the duller females, made identification unmistakable. Thus we see that this little pest is gradually closing in on us, Tehachapi having heretofore afforded the nearest record (see Howard, CONDOR VIII, p. 67).

J. EUGENE LAW

Hollywood, California

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