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NAIVE - Common (European) Starling 

 (Sturnus vulgaris) • ~ .j-- 



A.Q.U.NO. - ^-93 



DATE- April k, 1935 



INCUBATION- Fresh 



SIZES- 



1 .12 



1.19 

 1.18 



1.21 x 0.83 

 1.18 x 0.83 



SITUATION- 



x 0.83 

 x 0.82 

 x 0.82 



In keeping with the habit of 



this species to nest in any hole large 

 enough for it to get in, this particular 

 "bird chose a slanting hole 15 feet from the 

 ground in a Maple . The defect in the tree 

 was obviously the result of a fallen, dead 

 limb, which created an opening at least a 

 flp foot deep and 1§ feet wide. The nest was 



composed of sticks, leaves, grasses, a piece 

 of white cloth and other rubbish. The inside 

 diameter was about 3" and consisted of finer 

 grasses and a few feathers. 



The five fresh, oval, slightly 

 glossy, bluish-white eggs were otherwise not 

 remarkable. The nest was in a tree on the 

 V . E . S . campus , Lynchburg , Va . 



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