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From: wander@csa2.lbl.gov (ADRIAN WANDER)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Winged rats and other introduced bird pests
Keywords: Shakespeare, introduced birds.
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Date: 13 Sep 90 16:59:42 GMT
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In article <133704@kean.ucs.mun.ca>, dgraham@kean.ucs.mun.ca (David Graham) writes...
> {re: stuff about House Sparrow, Starling and Rock Dove}
>Were these birds chosen simply because they were commensals of man in
>Europe? because they were easily carried from one continent to
>another? Anybody know? 
> 
As I understand it, someone decided that the US should have all the birds
mentioned in the works of Shakespeare, and hence started to import various
species. I don't know where I heard this, does anyone have a reference?
			Adrian.