Show Starling Is Queer Bird Often a It's in U. S. to Stay n JEKYLL AND HYDE of the bird world is the widely detested First introduced from England about 60 years this bird has spread unimpeded over more than two million square miles of North America from New York City where it was first It still is and there is no end in II already occurs north to south into and westward to the Pacific The spread is apparently expanding whenever the pressure of starling population becomes too heavy for the birds' Everywhere the starling has especially in it is regarded as a nuisance because of its objectionable flocking and roosting But it seems nearly immune to most weapons used against On the other it is in some respects a highly beneficial It feeds largely on weevils that are the chief enemy of grass and forage crops especially the clover leaf It is a major enemy of destructive including the Japanese beetle and the potato beetle It devours enormous numbers of destructive It Is hated as a cherry but stomach examinations indicate that in this respect It Is no worse than some other On the whole It is its food habits are beneficial to |