58 INTRODUCED BIRDS. 
10. STURNUS VULGARIS. L. 
Starling. 
GREEN and purplish black, spotted with white ; bill, yellow. 
Young.—Greyish brown ; bill, dusky. 
Te 2p Wa, Oro 3: TL: 
Lgg.—Pale greenish blue ; length, 1:2; breadth, -75 
All the Provinces. From England. 
11. STURNULA LUDOVICIANA. L. 
Meadow Lark 
HEAD, brownish black, with a yellowish white stripe on the top, and 
another over each eye; back, brown, variegated with black; below, 
bright yellow, paler on the abdomen; a black crescent on the lower 
throat. 
jee hi bea 
Egg.—W hite, spotted and blotched with reddish brown. 
Auckland ; two only. From California. 
12. AGELAIUS PHZiINICEUS. Dand. 
Red-winged Starling. 
Buack ; lesser wing coverts, scarlet. 
1,9, 
Female.—Black, mottled with pale brown, chin paler; below, streaked 
with black and white; line over the eye, and another from the gape, 
pale fulvous. 
E25. 
Lgg.—Pale light blue, marked with lines and dashes of black. 
Auckland ; two only. From California. 
FRINGILLIDA. 
Small ; bill, short and thick, more or less conic, entire at the tip. 
18. PADDA ORYZIVORA. L. 
Java Sparrow. 
Dark grey ; cheeks, white ; head, throat, rump, aut and tail, black ; 
abdomen, purple grey ; vent, white. 
Ios: O: 
Auckland and Nelson ; a few only. From Java. 
