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FAMILY STUENINiE, 



STARLINGS. 



GENUS STURNELLA — VIEILL. 



MEADOW STARLING. 



[Bill rather long, tapering ; upper mandible rounded above ; nostrils large- 

 arched, with a naked membrane ; head and neck moderate ; body rather long — 

 wings rather broad, of moderate length ; tail of moderate length, of twelve acute 

 feathers.] 



STURNELLA LUDOVICIANA— LINN. 



CRESCENT MEADOW STARLING. 



Meadow Lark, Alauda magna, Wils. Amer. Om. 

 Sturnus ludovicianus, Bonap. Syn. 

 Sturnus ludovicianus, Crescent Starelet, Sw. & Rich. 

 American Starling, or Meadow Lark, Nutt. Man. 

 Meadow Lark, or American Starling, Aud. Om. Biog. 



Specific Character — On the fore neck a large crescent of black. 

 Adult with a yellow line from the nostril to the eye ; throat, 

 breast, and abdomen, rich yellow, with a large crescent of black on 

 the fore neck ; sides of the body and lower tail coverts reddish- 

 white, streaked with black ; upper parts dark brown, the feathers 

 bordered with dull yellow ; a central band on the upper part of the 

 head, and a band on the side of the head, passing over the eye, of 



