Society for the Protection of Birds. 
EDUCATIONAL SERIES. Edited by H. E. DRESSER, F.LS., F.ZS. 
Noe. . 3.—STARLING. 
By O. V. APLIN, F.L.S., 
Member of the British Ornithologists’ Union. 
THE STARLING. 
I, Name—STARLING. 
Family—Sturnide. 
Genus—Sturnus. Sturnus vulgaris. Starling. 
II. General Description. 
Adult male, in summer: black, but brilliantly shot with purple, green, and blue; 
feathers of upper parts tipped with buffish-white ; wing and tail quills greyish-black, slightly 
shot as above, and edged with pale brown; bill yellow. Length, 8} inches; wing, 5} inches. 
Female: less bright and glossy, and more spotted. In winter: feathers of head and body 
have large dirty-white or buff tips; bill dusky. Young, on leaving nest, greyish-brown 
Illustration by Joseph Wolf, from “British Birds in their Haunts.” By kind permission of the Society 
for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 
