238 Birds of Oregon and WasJiington 



has been breeding and multiplying now for some 

 time. 



The birds introduced and released in the vicin- 

 ity of Portland included two varieties of Thrushes, 

 one variety of Goldfinch, one of the Starling fam- 

 ily. Nightingales, Crossbills and others. 



Of these, only the Skylark and Starling are 

 sufficiently in evidence to make it possible for 

 me to bear personal witness to their presence. 

 And I find that no one of the careful and con- 

 stant observers in and about Portland, who are 

 making ornithology a study, has seen any other 

 than the two above-mentioned birds. 



Our German friends, however, who are of 

 course more interested, report the presence of 

 the European Goldfinch in the groves and or- 

 chards about Portland ; also of the Song Thrush 

 in certain gulches, and the Black Thrush in the 

 neighborhood. 



The Skylark has been fully treated under its 

 name in its proper place in this book. 



THE STARLING. 



" The Starling," unlike any of the birds related 

 to it in this country, lives and nests in buildings 



