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THE question whether or not a particular species of wild bird is injurious or beneficial is one that is difficult to answer, but it is manifestly unfair to complicate the matter further by raising issues that are foreign to the subject, or by the publication of random statements which are not substantiated by actual facts.
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COLLINGE, W. The Destruction of House-Sparrows . Nature 99, 347–348 (1917). https://doi.org/10.1038/099347a0
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