New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-21
BIHDS ~ NE " YORK.


HE SONfSIERN IN THE Parks.
WHY BIRDS LIVE IN CrrIrs-HoW Tiny HAVE
TLoCMsnED IL CENTRAL PAih--lAlpoRIEp
BIRDS.
1t is little singular that the sccurcst home
bird find is in the heart large city svarnine
az the country is win "po-huntcrs," and with BOYS
whose shotguns recognize no difference between par
fridge and buehIrd, either Of which the tNGcrInist
offers price, il II wonder that the prosecuted ma,
creatures which have once found their way Central
Park happy TO the same No. IN ground
season after season While the crack the gun statutes
their native woodlands, the thrush aud the cardinal can
pour forth the music OF their in the caty covert.
OF Central fak with no more scrou- danger Go fear than
the f of "A woman's para-nl the moot Of an uur,.u
crate schoolhov.
Mr. Conhin, who has the oversight of the birds and
animals Of Central Park, pos-cs-cs fund pleasant
information about the birds that nest in the trees
There ncarl hundred aud nfy different species
of native wild birds hc which visit the Park Robins
may h" seen in every nook cooking their heads one
side to listen for some burroWlns grub aud the dnny
shaped cnbird is scarcely less common. TLru-hcs
wrcns, swallows, JAYS, cardinals and dozen spcclcs
OF waIhlcrs are per.,ctl at home among thc wall, and
copScs. The Virginia cardinal, miccd, breeds here
through the winter and it, scarlet puuagc H. hoycrs
about the cages for food contrasts finely with the white
snow The crow-backbirds, which often appear nv
no uNands, are very troublesome, they destroy the
nests of the robins and other birds pure malice
The English sparrow, which introduced mo ti.
country twenty years ago to destroy the caterpars
Il
appeared bu so have some of the sweetest native birds
The little bucbird, especially, which, with lis ur and
simple beauty and liquid song is lyl of summer love
illness hae found the pert and vulgar sparrow an nsn
ferhlc neglhor, and has rctroacd to deeper soulcs
Attempts have repeatedly been made TO introduce
other European birds into this country but with lille
success. The English godnnch is almost the only for
egn brd besides the sparrow which has thrivcd Gold
hhchos IN c"hslderahe numbers were set ut liberty by
Charles Rcche, the importer, in Greenwood ana Hobo
Ii he hlN, To, tl..f ID
Increasing, They are very pretty birds and have
a delightful song. But the other foreign birds which
have been set at liberty have disappeared
No one il so much blame for the failure Of tbcs
experiments" said Mr. Conkln, the taxidermst.
who pay price for every bird that If brought them cx
ccp the English sparrows These birds are mounted t
dress w0men's hats but If "a bird is useless thc
taxdernst Will pay for it, so to the bows
to shoot whatever they Foreign birds fare orticu
larry ILL., since the first thought of every man. when ne
sees an unfamiliar animal, il of his gun Four or five
years ago Mr. Eeiche let loose sixty pairs syIar and
woodlands III the Park, but they flew away ami dis
appeared They probably went to Long Island where
II was said they were several times wear Infer.
but that is the ast that has been heard of them am
almost positive however, that "A sbyIark in Cen
trail Park only few days ago. 1t was sitting on tho
ground when first noticed it, and when approached
it rose vertically in the air, as only skvl,rls
do. Whether there others about do not know
Java sparrows chailinches greenHnches Engsh black
6TdS ana sirlngs have also hccn at liberty Thc
rl
now gone, though one was recently shot BlnckwcIls
Island As for the starlingS, they will build nests
anywhere except IN old ruins We expect to have snne
young rocks sent over this aud rosnn
why lhcy should not thrive. There to he n,or,v
klngDrds III the Park when the beehive stood NV tLc
kainDlc, but since that has been taken away ev bnvc
gone to dcVour the bees OF other hives There * col
oy Oh hcfons by the lake. amt in the spring
me WIZ FOWL often stop here their migrutions A
Ic" Owls nave tcr nests in the Iark we do NOT en-
courage Them 10 stay with HAWKS eho,t Nov
ah0 theh an eagle Will alight the trees. but
hunters ana taNidcrm,s make such visitors rare M
IohR ago man sent to WORK fifty eagles 40 once
which were caught ut Toms River i'm a c,IioIs yov
Inc rivers were Iozen over dcprNng eagles of their
usual hunting ground This ACCORDINGLY LAID SOM
eels upon the lee with stout attached 10 t,rn
Ihc hungry blds pounced upon their prey ana swallow
ing the ends OF the cords were easily secured"
MOST oil the song birds lily away to the sunny snuth
wncn they feel the rigOrR OF winter at hand C,n
hrd' are thcn called upon Ia supply their places MIch
compassion mas been called forth the ALLEGED woos of
thc imprisoned songstcrs, off from the Uhertv nf
WOODS ana skies; but when II l. considered hir
never Sings Whcn 1t Is SEX or unhappy the ms,ros of
canary or hulllnch Ito not appear very heavy. "
Charles ciche x Brother, the largest dooIcra
IN the country, imported 10000 cnnaries iron,
germany last year, IN addition TO between fnnr
ana hNe thousand European wild birds The nnest
canaeS are pred az ST. AndrcaSbcr
Jams, Whefr tho brls when very young placed i'm
room apart from al singing caaries within
OF an EnSllsh lark or nightingale from which The vnl
ctnarcs learn their sort and pleasing
notes, "boW-illls " hute-notes' and waternotes ,
as they are called Singing canaries generally sell i,
TINS country at from %2 To- $40, though those which ,v
been taught - tune sometimes bring much as 500