206 THE BIRDS OF KENT 



" Upon one occasion only, January 31, 1903, I followed 

 and watched a flock of fifteen Snow-Buntings feeding in 

 the grass on the river-wall. When flying away the white 

 feathers in the wings and tail were so conspicuous as to 

 make them appear to be almost entirely white. The note 

 they uttered when flying was something like the twdtter 

 of the Greenfinch." 



Family ICTERID^. 



Genus AGEL^US, Vieillot. 



RED-WINGED STARLING. 



AgelcEUS pJiceniceus (Linnceus). S.N., i., p. 161 

 (1766). 



The only occurrence of this species in Kent was first 

 recorded by Mr. J. E. Harting in his Handbook of 

 British Birds, 1872, who states that " Mr. J. H. Gurney, 

 jun., informs me that he saw this specimen while in the 

 hands of a bird-stuffer at Rye for preservation ; it was 

 killed at Romney, in Kent, June, 1864, or 1865." It is 

 also included in the last edition (1901) of that work. 

 Professor Newton also adds it to the last edition of 

 Yarrell's British Birds, and Mr. G. Dowker included 

 the same bird in his Birds of East Kent. 



