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Young in first plumage: Ashy-brown both above and 
below ; wing and tail-feathers margined with pale reddish- 
brown ; chin and throat whitish, the latter shaded with brown ; 
bill dark horn-colour, legs and feet dusky brown. 
Young after first moult: Assume the adult plumage in 
patches, commencing on sides of breast. 
Distribution: Resident over most of Europe south of lat. 
60° N., ranging eastward to Northern India. In some parts of 
Southern Europe occurs only in winter. 
Habitat: Pastures, gardens, farmyards, &c. 
SARDINIAN STARLING. 
Sturnus unicolor De la Marm. 
Adult Male (Summer): Entire plumage black, wz- 
spotted, glossed with violet-purple; feathers of under parts 
longer and more lanceolate than those of S. vulgaris ; bill, 
legs, feet and irides as in S. vulgaris. Length 7°5 inches ; 
culmen 1‘o; wing 5; tail 2°5 ; tarsus 1°2. 
Adult Female: Similar to male, but browner and less 
glossy. 
Adult Winter: ‘“ According to Loche, at this season of 
the year both sexes have a few small white spots on the back 
and abdomen ” (Dresser). 
Young in first plumage: Very like young of S. wz/garzs, 
but are more uniform. 
Young Male (Winter): Entire plumage washed with 
silvery-grey and extreme tips of lanceolate feathers both above 
and beneath whitish. 
Distribution: Resident on the northern shores of the 
Mediterranean and on its islands. 
Habitat : Fields and plains, neighbourhood of dwellings. 
Genus PASTOR. . 
ROSE-COLOURED PASTOR. 
Pastor roseus (Zz). 
Adult Male (Summer): Aad, neck and chest d/ack, 
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