34 STARLING 



Incubation lasts about sixteen days; both birds feed the 

 young. Two or three broods may be raised in the year 

 in some places, but ordinarily one, or at the most two. 



Mr. J. R. Fisher states that Mr. Gurney told him of a 

 Starling, the young of which having been taken from the 

 nest and placed in a cage which was hung upon a wall, 

 were discovered and fed by the old bird until they were 

 able to fly, at which time, and not before, she unfastened 

 the door of the cage and let them out. 



