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STURXID.i:. — COETID.E. 



Towif/. Greenish yellow above : below whitish tinged with yellow ; 

 breast slightly streaked with brown ; the black parts of adult male 

 replaced by greenish bro\A-n. Length 9 inches. 



S.E. Europe, 

 Asia Minor, 

 Central Asia, 

 wintering in 

 India. 



STURNIDiE. 



58. Stabling. Stm^nus v^dijaris, Liuna!us. Eesident : vast arrivals 

 in winter. 



Male. Black, with purple and green gloss, small buff ti])s to feathers 

 above. Head, throat, and breast with green gloss. 



Female. Similar to male, but less brightly marked. 



In luinter, all the feathers of upper parts tipped with buff, those below 

 tipped with whitish. 



Young in first plumage. Uniform greyish brown ; throat dull white ; 

 lower parts clouded with white. Length 8| inches. 



59. EosE-coLOUEED SiAELiiva. Pastor roseus (Linnsous). Straggler, 

 spring to autumn. 



IJaJe. Head black, with crest of pointed and elongated feathers ; back, 

 scapulars, rump, breast, sides, and belly rosy pink ; wings, tail, and 

 ilivjhs Hack ; bill rose-coloured, black at base. 



Female. Crest smaller and less bright. 



Young. Crest absent ; colour greyish brown, where rosy in adults. 

 Length 8| inches. 



N. & C. Europe, 

 Siberia, China, 

 Japan. 



CORVID^. 



60. Eed-billed CnouGn. Pyrrliocorax gracidus (Linnaeus). 



Very 



local : on rocky coasts. 



Jet-black, with steel gloss ; the curved bill, eyelids, legs, and feet reel. 

 Length 14-17 inches. 



(The Alpine Chough, P. alpinus, with a shorter and yellow bill, has 

 been recorded from Oxfordshire ; doubtless escaped.) 



61. JN'uTCRACKEE. Nucifvaga caryocatactes (Linnasus). Arboreal. 

 Eare straggler. 



Head dark brown ; general colour clove-brown, most of the feathers 

 of breast, sides, and underparts spotted with a triangidar white mark". 

 Eump and upper tail-coverts uniform brown. Tail blackish, tipped 

 with white. Length 14 inches. 



Inhabits pine-forests, often where Pinus cembra is found. 



62. Jay. Garndus glandarius (Linna3us). Sylvan. Eesident, as far 

 north as vicinity of Oban ; local in Ireland. 



Throat white ; crown \a ith black streaks ; feathers of forehead and 

 crow n edged with white ; back vinaceous ; outer web of wing-coverts 

 barred with Hue and Hack, inner web black ; tail often barred slightly 

 at the basal end in the same manner as the outer web of wing-coverts 

 (this is not the result of age, birds in iirst plumage occasionally being 

 so marked) ; iris pale blue. Leugth 14 inches. 



