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Very common. Of this species I\Ir. Tristram writes, — 

 * Your L. CANNAiJiNA is not so bright us coutiiicntul specimens, 

 but more resembles the English.' 



102. fPYRUiiuLA Eunor.EA (Lcacli.), ' l>ulirincli,' Dojii Fafe. 



Though seldom seen in the southern provinces, this species 

 is common in the north. 



103. jLoxiA cuiiViROSTKA (Linn.), 'Crossbill,' Trinca-nozes, 



Cruza-bico. 

 Common. Mr. Burt frequently saw it in the pine woods 

 near the sea-coast beyond Cintra. 



104. *Sturnus vulgaris (Linn.), 'Common Starling,' Estor- 



ninho. 

 Very common. 



105. f Stdrnus uxicolor (Marm.), ' Sardinian Starling,' Estor- 



ninho. 

 Of the abundance or scarcity of this bird I am unable to 

 form any opinion, as, if common, it is doubtless frequently 

 confounded with its better-known congener. I did not see it 

 in the flesh, but I was fortunate in finding a good specimen 

 at the house of the only taxidermist which Lisbon can boast. 

 For the convenience of future enquirers I may add that his 

 address, which I only discovered after several days' fruitless 

 search, is 158 Rua do Moinho da Vento, and that over a 

 diminutive shop, No. 47 in the same street, he has placed 

 the encouraging announcement, ' Casa perpara9ao de pro- 

 ductos Ilistoria Natural.' He is a most civil and obliging 

 man ; and as his daily business is to prej^are objects for the 

 Museum, practice has made him a tolerable performer on 

 birds. There is also a second individual, who calls himself 

 ' bird-stuffer,' living near the fruit market, and not far from 

 the post-office ; but his stock-in-trade consisted of about 

 forty parrots, deformed to the last degree by his most un- 

 skilful hand. To return to S. unicolor; that it is a 

 distinct and true species I have no doubt; first, from the 

 plumage, which, in all the specimens I saw, is wholly 

 diflfereut from that of S. vulgaris : and a^ain, from its habit 



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