592 THREMMAPHILINiE. 



SYNOPSIS OF THE BRITISH GENERA AND SPECIES. 



GENUS I. STURNUS. STARLING. 



Bill about the length of the head, straight, pentagonal, de- 

 pressed toward the end, its ridge flattened in the middle ; tarsi 

 rather short ; wings of moderate length, the third quill longest ; 

 tail rather short, emarginate, 



1. Sturnus guttatus. Spotted Starling. Black, glossed 

 with purple and green, and spotted with j)ale brown above and 

 white beneath. 



GENUS 11. THREMMAPHILUS. COW-BIRD. 



Bill rather short, nearly straight, compressed toward the end, 

 the ridge convex ; tarsi rather short ; wings of moderate length ; 

 the second and third quills longest ; tail of moderate length, 

 slightly rounded. 



1. Thremmaphilus roseus. Rose-coloured Coii'-hlrd. Body 

 rose-coloured, head crested, and with the fore-neck black gloss- 

 ed with purplish blue. 



