STARLINGS. L167 
as the ship neared Ireland, and made for the land ; 
two others flew out of their cage while being con- 
veyed through Liverpool. The rest lived for some 
time in confinement. 
Fam. ICTERID &. 
RED-WINGED STARLING. Ageleus pheniceus, Vieillot. 
Hab. United States, from Atlantic to Pacific. 
One near London: Albin, Hist. Birds, vol. 1. p. 36. 
One, Barton Broad, Norfolk, June 1843 : Gurney, Zoologist, 
1843, p. 317, and 1864, p. 9024; Stevenson, Birds of 
Norfolk, vol. i. p. 244. 
One, Shepherds Bush, Middlesex, autumn 1844: Yarrell, 
Hist. Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 40; Harting, Birds of Middle- 
Sex, p: 92. 
One, Sidlesham, Sussex, 25th Dec. 1863: Jeffery, Zoologist, 
1864, p. 8951. 
One, Romney, Kent, June 1864 or 1865 *. 
One, Liphook, Hants, 16th May, 1865: Jesse, Zoologist, 
1865, p. 9782. . 
One, Hove, near Brighton, 21st March, 1866: Monk, Zoolo- 
gist, 1866, p. 229; two others procured at the same time 
were preserved by Swaysland at Brighton. 
One near Banff, 12th June, 1866: Edward, Zoologist, 1866, 
p. 310. 
One, seen in Haddingtonshire “a few years ago:” R. Gray, 
Birds of West of Scotland, p. 156. 
* Mr. J. H. Gurney, Jun., informs me that he saw this specimen 
while in the hands of a bird-stuffer at Rye for preservation. 
