ECONOMIC VALUE OF THE STARLING. 5 
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 
‘Prove 
Wetherstie 
Fic. 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- 
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