MAGELLANIC STARLING. 489 



Sturnus militaris. Lin. Mont, if? I. p. 52/. Grnel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 803. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 323. 4.Daud. Orn. 2. 305. 

 Etourneau des terres Magellaniques. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois, 3. 



l$Q.Buff. PL Enl. 113. 

 Magellanic Stare. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. p. 7. 4. 



LENGTH eight inches and a half: its beak is 

 dusky : the upper parts of its plumage are brown, 

 the edges of the feathers being palest: between 

 the beak and eye a spot of crimson : the sides of 

 the neck are black : behind the eye is a white 

 streak, and at the base of the under mandible is 

 a spot of that colour : the chin, fore-part of the 

 neck, breast, bend of the wings, and upper part 

 of the belly, deep crimson : the sides of the body 

 and thighs arc black, the feathers bordered witl) 

 cinereous : the vent, under tail-coverts, and tail, 

 black ; the latter slightly forked : legs brown : 

 some specimens have a white line beginning at the 

 nostrils and terminating on the hind head, but 

 such have not the spot at the base of the under 

 mandible ; they may be immature birds. Native 

 of the Falkland Islands : supposed to feed on 

 insects. 



