495 



LOUISIANE STARLING. 



(Sturnus ludovicianus.) 



ST.griseofuscoque maculatus, subtus Jlavus, linea capitis super- 



ciliisque alb is, gula nigra. 

 Starling spotted with grey and brown ; beneath yellow ; with a 



line on the head and the eyebrows white ; the throat black. 

 Sturnus ludovicianus. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 290. 3. Gmel. Syst. 



Nat. l. 802. Brlss. Orn. 2. 440. 4. pi. 42. f. 1. Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 1. 323. 3. 

 Etourneau de la Louisiane. Buffi Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 1Q2. Bujf. 



PL Enl. 256. 

 Louisiane Starling. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 1Q3. Lath. Gen. Syn. 



3. 6. 3. 



THE Louisiane Stare is common in some of the 

 provinces of North America : it is in length nine 

 inches and a half: its beak is whitish at the base 

 and brown at the tip : the upper parts of its plum- 

 age are varied with brown and reddish grey : its 

 head has three white stripes, one of them over 

 each eye, and the other down the crown : edge of 

 the wing yellow: the quills rufous grey, varied 

 with brown on the outer webs : the cheeks, throat, 

 fore-part of the neck, breast, and belly, of a clear 

 yellow ; the fore-part of the neck being orna- 

 mented with a fine patch of black, the ends of 

 each of the feathers of which it is composed being 

 tipped with grey : the sides, thighs, and under 

 tail-coverts, sullied white, sprinkled with a few 



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