COMMON STARLING. 



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produces a change in the autumn ; the change in the spring 

 is effected without moulting, by a partial alteration in the 

 colour of some of the feathers, producing greater brilliancy, 

 and by the loss of many of the light-coloured tips. 



Albinoes and buff-coloured varieties of the Starling are 

 not uncommon. 





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