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Sturnus vulgaris .— The Starling, or Stare. 
Plate XL. tig - . 6. 
Body black, with a copper lustre, beautifully speckled with 
reddish-white triangular spots; lower tail-coverts edged with 
white; bill rich yellow; legs skin-coloured. Eight inches long. 
Inhabits Europe. 
Genus 21.—PASTOR.— Temminch. 
Generic Character. —Bill elongated, conical, considerably 
compressed, somewhat arched and edged, and slightly notched ; 
nostrils at the base of the bill, lateral, ovoid, partly closed by a 
feathered membrane; legs strong; feet with three toes before 
and one behind, the exterior attached at the base to the middle 
one •, first quills very small, second and third longest. 
Pastor roseus .— The Roseate Pastor. 
Plate XLIII. fig. 4. 
Head with a pendant crest, which, with the neck and upper 
parts of the breast, are of a velvet black, with iridescent reflec¬ 
tions ; the back and belly of a fine rosy hue; wings and tail 
brownish-black; under tail-coverts and thighs black; irides 
deep brown; legs flesh-red. Eight inches long. Inhabits Asia 
and Africa; visits Spain, Italy, and England. 
Genus 22.—PARADISEA.— Linnceus. 
Generic Character. —Bill of medium size, quadrangular, and 
somewhat convex above, compressed, having a ridge between 
the frontal feathers ; legs short; tarsus longer than the middle 
toe ; lateral toe stronger and longer than the rest; wings with 
first five quills graduated, the sixth and seventh longest. 
Paradisea apoda. — The Great Bird of Paradise. 
Plate XL. fig. 7. 
Cinnamon-coloured; head and throat iridescent golden-green ; 
side leathers very long, slight of texture, and fawn-coloured ; the 
