Yet from the occasional statements thus made, and from various reliable published records, we have been able to make a list of more than a hundred places in the United States and Canada to which Sparrows have been taken, either by direct importation from the Old World or by transportation from place to place after their arrival in America. From the casual manner in which these data have been obtained it may be considered certain that they represent but a very small fraction of the number of points at which the Sparrow has been introduced; but the early dates of many of the importations, as well as the great distances separating many of the places, are very significant as affording a partial explanation for the unparalleled rapidity with which this bird has overspread the inhabited part of the continent. The following lists explain themselves :
Table I. — Places where English Sparrows have been introduced directly from Europe.
| Place. | Date. | No. | |
| Brooklyn .N. Y. | 1851 and 1852 | 100 | |
| Portland, Me | 1854 and 1858 | ||
| Peace Dale, R. I | 1858 | ||
| Boston, Mass | 1858 | 1868 and and 18?9 | ?0 |
| New York, N. Y | 1860, 1864 and 1866 | 220 | |
| Rochester, N. Y | Between 1865 and 1869: | *100 | |
| New Haven, Coon | 1867 | 80 | |
| Galveston, Tex | 1867 | ||
| Charlestown, Mass | 1869 | 20 | |
| Cleveland, Ohio | 1869 | 40 | |
| Philadelphia, Pa | 1869 or earlier | 1,000 | |
| Salt Lake City, Utah | 1873 or 1874 | ?0 | |
| Akron, Ohio | 1875 | ||
| Fort Howard, Wis | 1875 | ||
| Sheboygan, Wis | 1875 | 6 | |
| Iowa City, Iowa | 1881 | 5 |
- About.
Table II.—Places, not included in Table I, where Enijlish Sparrows have l)ecn introduced.
| Place. | Date. | Number. | Where obtained. |
| Alabama; | |||
| Fnfaula | 1882 | 4 birds | |
| Arkansas; | |||
| Hot Springs | Between 1876 and 1880. | ||
| California: | |||
| San Francisco | 1871 or 1872 | ||
| Stockton | 1883 | San Francisco. | |
| Colorado: | |||
| Denver | 1877 | 6 pairs (subsequently disappeared). | |
| Connecticut: | |||
| Norwhich | Between 1865 and 1870. | ||
| Portland | 1869 | 5 birds | New York City |
| District of Columbia: | |||
| Washington | 1870 or Earlier | ||
| Georgia: | |||
| Atlanta (country near) | 1876 | ||
| Macon (country near) | 1878 | ||
| Rome | 1881 or 1882 | 13 birds | Griffin, Ga. |
| West Point | Do. | ||
| Illinois: | |||
| Belleville | 1868 | 2 pairs | New York City |
| Carmi | 1876 | 2 pairs | Evansville, Ind. |
| Monomouth | Between 1872 and 1874. | About 100 birds | |
| Quincy | 1870 | 6 pairs |
