ECONOMIC VALUE OF THE STARLING. 



fined to a narrow belt of low, flat, or rolling farm land within 8 or 

 10 miles of salt water, and, with the exception of the Housatonic 



Fig. 1.— Breeding range of the starling at various periods from 1896 to 1916. Since 1916 this range has 

 been extended so little that it is not indicated on the map. > 



Valley, there were few birds inland. East of New Haven the 

 starling was restricted mainly to the shore. In most of the Con- 



