RED-WINGED STARLING. 



PASSE RES. 



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Agel/eus ph(Exiceus (Linnaeus *). 



THE RED-WINGED STARLING. 



Agelai us phcen ice us . 



Aum./Kis, Vieillotf. — Bill as long as tlic head, hard, stout, straight and 

 cuneated ; the mandibles nearly equal, their edges inflected. Nostrils basal, oval, 

 overhung by a rudimentary operculum. Gape angular. Wings moderate, with 

 only nine primaries, that which is ordinarily the first being absent, and of those 

 present the outermost is shorter than the next two. Tail rather long, rounded. 

 Tarsi scutellated in front, covered behind by a single plate ; claws moderate. 



A specimen of this common American bird, shot Dear 

 London, was figured in 17:58 by Albin, who says that he 



* Oriolus phoeniceus, Linnseus, Syst. Nat Ed. 12, i. p. 16] (17u'6). 

 t Agelaius (hy mistake), Vieillot, Analyse &c. p. 33 (1816). 

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