2 JULY 1932, Page 17

The ways of starlings are incalculable. The first year that

nesting boxes were set up in the sanctuary in the new Zoo at Whipsnade about 70 per cent. were occupied by starlings. A year later the nuisance abated ; and more desirable birds were attracted. The great number of starlings, but the paucity of starlings' nests has this summer puzzled many in the neighbourhood, with which I have close acquaintance. On the other hand, though nests were few, it was a common occurrence there as elsewhere to find solitary starling's eggt laid on the grass.