COCKSCOMB STARLING. 499 



Starling: length nearly ten inches: the beak rather 

 long and somewhat bent ; it is sharp at the tip, 

 but a trifle flatted; the colour is black, tinged 

 with blue towards the base : irides dull hazel : 

 from the angle of the lower mandible springs a 

 carunculated orange-coloured membrane, tending 

 downwards like the wattle of a cock; this is about 

 a quarter of an inch in size : the general colour of 

 the plumage is dull black, but the back and wing- 

 coverts are ferruginous : the legs are black. The 

 female is wholly of a dull ferruginous brown : the 

 bill and legs are the same as in the male, but the 

 wattle is not so large, nor is it very conspicuous, 

 except in old birds. This species is found in New 

 Zealand, particularly in the southern island, where 

 it is pretty common : it has a weak piping voice, 

 not worthy being called a song." 



COCKSCOMB STARLING. 



(Sturnus gallinaceus.) 



ST. cinereus, regione oculorum nuda, ad basin mandibulce infe- 

 rioris palea duplici, cristaque vertici menlranacea bifida erecta 

 Julva. 



Cinereous Starling, with the space round the eyes naked, the 

 base of the under mandible with a double wattle, and the 

 crown with a bifid, erect, membranaceous and fulvous crest. 



Sturnus gallinaceus. Lath. Lid. Orn. 1, 324. 7- 



Gracula carunculata. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 399. 



Cockscomb Stare. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 9. 7. 



