. Bulletin. Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. Winter Plumage Summer Plumage The starling, which is now so abundant in southern Ontario, is not native to North America, but was introduced from Europe in 1890 and 1891. On March 6, 1890, eighty starlings were liberated in Central Park, New York City, and on April 25, 1891, forty more were released at the same place. From these 120 birds originated all of the millions of European starlings now found throughout eastern North America. For six years these starlings and their progeny remained about the point of introduction. Gradually
. Bulletin. Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. Winter Plumage Summer Plumage The starling, which is now so abundant in southern Ontario, is not native to North America, but was introduced from Europe in 1890 and 1891. On March 6, 1890, eighty starlings were liberated in Central Park, New York City, and on April 25, 1891, forty more were released at the same place. From these 120 birds originated all of the millions of European starlings now found throughout eastern North America. For six years these starlings and their progeny remained about the point of introduction. Gradually, however, they spread farther and farther from New York and in 1919, twenty-nine years after its libera- tion in New York, the starling reached Ontario. The first starling was seen in Ontario in July, 1919, five miles wTst of P)rockville. During the following winter (1919-20), it was observed at St. Catharines and in the summer of 1920 at Toronto. Their dissemination over a wide range in Canada has progressed ra])i(lly, so that at the ])rescnt time they are a numerous and important element of the bird fauna of the southern parts of the Maritime provinces, southern Ouebec and southern Ontario. Starlings arc now apparently permanently estab- lished as far northwest as Port Arthur, Ontario, and birds have been seen as far north as Moosonee and York P^actory. Occasional records from Manitoba and a single report from as far west as Alberta seem to presage the general occupation of suitable territory throughout the more southerlv portions of the Dominion. I. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology; Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology. [Toronto] : Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology
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