STARLINGS 385 



and made for the land ; two others flew out of 

 their cage while being conveyed through Liverpool. 

 The rest lived for some time in confinement. 



Fam. ICTERID^. 



RED-WINGED STARLING. AgeL-eus phceniceus, Vieill 

 Length, 8'5 in. ; bill, 075 in. ; wing, 4*5 in. ; tarsus, 

 1 in. 



Hah. North and Central America, from the Atlantic 

 to the Pacific. 



One near London : Albin, " Hist. Birds," vol. i. p. 36. 

 One, Barton Broad, Norfolk, June 1843 : Gurney, Zool., 



1843, p. 317, and 1864, p. 9024; Stevenson, "Birds of 



Norfolk," vol. i. p. 244. 

 One, Shepherds Bush, Middlesex, autumn 1844 : Yarrell, 



" Brit. Birds ; " Hartmg, " Birds of Middlesex," p. 92. 

 One, Sidlesham, Sussex, Dec. 26, 1863 : Jeffery, Zool., 1864, 



p. 8951 ; Borrer, " Birds of Sussex," p. 141. 

 One, Romney, Kent, June 1864 or 1865. Mr. J. H. Gurney, 



jun., saw this specimen Avhile in the hands of a bird- 



stuffer at Rye. 

 One, Liphook, Hants, May 16, 1865 : Jesse, Zool., 1865, 



p. 9782. 

 One, Hove, near Brighton, March 21, 1866 : Monk, Zool., 



1866, p. 229 ; Borrer, " Birds of Sussex," p. 141. 

 One near Banft', June 12, 1866 : Edward, Zool., 1866, p. 310. 

 One captured at the Nash Lighthouse, in the Bristol Chan- 

 nel, Oct. 27, 1866 (at 3 a.m.): D'Urban and Mathew, 



" Birds of Devon," p. 437. 

 One seen in Haddingtonshire : Gray, " Birds of West of 



Scotland," p. 156. 

 One picked up dead at Adwick le Street, between Askern 



and Barnsley, March 31, 1877. In the collection of 



J. Whitaker, of Rainworth, Notts. 



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