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APPENDIX. 



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GENUS. STURNUS. STARLINGS. 

 Gen. Ch. Bill, somewhat similar to that of Sturnella, but wider aivl flatter, aii'l somewh it niirc eleva- 

 ted at base between nostrils. 



STURNUS VULGARIS. 



STARLING. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Sp. Ch. Size, large. General plumage black, glossed with green, purplish and blue, variegated 

 throughout with yellowish or ochraceous tips to the feathers. Bill, yellowish, feet reddish. Length, 8.50 ; 

 wing, 5.00 ; tail, 2.75 ; bill, 1.00 ; tarsus, 1.00. Europe ; entirely accidental in Greenland. 



AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS FLORIDANUS Novo. 

 Florida Red-wing. 



DESCRIPTION. 

 Sub Sp. Ch. Form and general coloration similar to that of the Red-wing but smaller, with the plum- 

 age more velvety black, and the buff edging to the scarlet shoulder, deeper. The bill is a little longer and 

 much more slender. This difference is best seen in the cut. ( Fig. 120 ) where I give life sized heads of three 



A A 



fl a 





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Fig. 120. A. Head of male Red-wing from Massachusetts, 

 A A, upper mandible of same ; B, type of Florida Red-wing, b b, 

 upper mandible of same : c, Bahama Red-wing, c c. upper man- 

 dible of same. 



forms ; a, the Red-wing from Massachusetts, b, the Florida Red-wing, c, the Bahama Red-wing, ( A. bry- 

 anti Ridgway ). In the latter species the bill is equally lengthened but, singularly, is considerably widened 

 at the tip, and the plumage is even more velvety black than in the Florida Red-wing. The female of the 

 latter named is much paler than northern birds, with the streakings less conspicuous, and with the bill more 



