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COMMON STARLING. 

 (Sturnus vulgaris.) 



ST. rostrojlavescente, corpore ceneo-nigro nitente, punctis albis. 

 Starling with a yellowish beak, shining brassy-black body, spotted 



with white. 

 Sturnus vulgaris. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 290. 1. Lin. Faun. Suec. 



No. 213. Gwe/. Syst. Nat. 1. 801. Briss. Orn. 2. 43Q. 1. 



Ray. Syn. p. 67. A. l.Lath. Lid. Orn. 1. 321. 1. 

 L'Etourneau. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 176. pi* 15. Buff. PL 



Enl. 75. 



Solitary Thrush. Mont. Orn. Diet. Sup. young. 

 Stare, or Starling. Pen. Brit. Zool. 1. 104.^. 46. -Pen. Arct. 



ZooL 2. 331. A. Will. Orn. lQ6. pi. &f.--Albin. Birds. I. pi. 



40. Hayes. Brit. Birds, pi. 32. Lewin. Brit. Birds. 2. pi. 56. 



Wale. Syn. 2. pi. 1Q5. Pult. Cat. Dors. p. 8. Lath. Gen. 



Syn. 3. pi. 2. 1. Lath. Syn. Sup. 137. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



v. 2. Beivick. Brit. Birds. 1. p. 88. 



FEW birds are better known than the species 

 now under consideration, upon which account 

 the description need not be very laboured : its 

 beak is blueish at the base, and yellow towards 

 the tip : irides hazel : the head, neck, and upper 

 parts of the back, are black, glossed with purple 

 and green, according to the light; the feathers 

 on the neck are long, narrow, and pointed : the 

 breast, lower part of the back, the wing-coverts, 

 and rump, are black, varied with dark green ; the 

 entire plumage, except the throat, is beautifully 

 sprinkled with spots, white on the breast, and 

 yellowish brown on the head and back: the greater 



