THE ENGLISH SPARROW. Share full article. Dec. 28, 1885. ... It is hard for a lover of birds to approach the "sparrow question." Sparrows are found to do more harm than snakes or tigers.

an unmitigated nuisance; the english sparrow a very bad bird. the agricultural department thinks it is time to exterminate him as a pest.

House sparrows were brought to the United States to devour crop-damaging insects. In the mid-1850s, 100 house sparrows were released in New York City.

Ellison tells the history of the house sparrow, , from 1853 to present ... "Without question the most deplorable event in the history of ornithology was the introduction of the English sparrows." ...

As much as I love birds, the rats of the birding world are definitely the English sparrows and the European starling! There’s always some bad with the good!

The English sparrow or house sparrow, so common across the country, including Spokane, is a non-native bird brought here from Great Britain in the 1850s.

English colonists released rock pigeons in the early 17th century. Both European starling and house sparrow have ties with New York City. Dozens of starlings were introduced into Central Park in ...