RED-WINGED STARLING. 



PASSERES. 



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JCTERIDtf. 



AGEL^EUS PHCENICEUS (Linnaeus*). 

 THE KED- WINGED STABLING. 



Agelaius phceniceus. 



AGELJSUS, Vieillot^. Bill as long as the head, hard, stout, straight and 

 cuneated ; the mandibles nearly equal, their edges inflected. Nostrils basal, oval, 

 overhung by a rudimentary operculum. Grape angular. Wings moderate, with 

 only nine primaries, that which is ordinarily the first being absent, and of those 

 present the outermost is shorter than the next two. Tail rather long, rounded. 

 Tarsi scutellated in front, covered behind by a single plate ; claws moderate. 



A SPECIMEN of this common American bird, shot near 

 London, was figured in 1738 by Albin, who says that he 



* Oriolas phocniceus, Linnaaus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 161 (1766). 

 t Agelaius (by mistake), Vieillot, Analyse &c. p. 33 (1816). 

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