How to Name the Birds 



STUDIES OF THE FAMILIES OF PASSERES 



BY FRANK M. CHAPMAN 

 SECOND PAPER 



Family 4. Starlings. Sturn'nia. 1 species. 



Range. — This family contains some species distributed throughout the 

 eastern hemisphere, including New Zealand and most of the islands of 

 the Pacific, except Australia. It is represented in America only by the 

 Starling, which has been recorded as accidental in Greenland, and is now 

 naturalized and common in the region about New York city, where it 

 was introduced by Mr. Eugene Schieffelin (who also is responsible for the 

 introduction of English Sparrows into New York city, in 1864) in 1890 

 and 1891. The first year named, 80 birds were released in Central Park; 



STARLING. Family Sturnidce 

 One-third natural size 



in 1891, 40 birds were given their freedom in the same locality. The species 

 is now common in the upper parts of New York city, and has become 

 established from Staten Island and Bayonne, N. J., on the south to 

 Sing Sing on the north, and the west end of Long Island and Norwalk, 

 Conn., on the east. It has been observed at New Haven, Conn., and 

 Englewood, N. J., and is evidently rapidly increasing in numbers and 

 adding to its range. 



Season. — With us, the Starling is a permanent resident. 



Color. — The Starling, in common with many members of its family, is 



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