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STARLING. 



STAEE. COMMON STABLING. COMMON STAEE. 

 SOLITAET THEUSH, (THE YOUNG.) 



Sturnus vulgaris, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



Sturnus A Starling. Vulgaris Common. 



THIS well-known bird is an inhabitant of the north of 

 Europe, being found in Russia, Siberia, Sweden, Denmark, 

 and Norway, as well as in Turkey, Italy, and all the countries 

 bordering on the Mediterranean; in Madeira also, the Canary 

 Islands, and the Azores. In Asia too it dwells, in Asia 

 Minor; and in India, in Nepaul and the Himalaya Mountains; 

 in China also, and Japan. In Africa likewise it is foun,d, 

 even so far south as the Cape of Good Hope. 



In our own country it is everywhere to be met with, from 

 the Orkney and Shetland Islands to Cornwall, but in the 

 latter chiefly as a winter visitor, few remaining to breed. 



Starlings are common even in London; many couples 

 constantly breed in Gray's Inn Gardens, where they may be 

 seen daily. They are quite numerous in Kensington Gardens 

 and Hyde Park; so my friend W. F. W. Bird, Esq. -informs 

 me. 



In some parts of Scotland they are abundant, in others 

 less common. 



In Ireland also they are extremely abundant, but are seen 

 in the greatest numbers in the winter, numerous flocks, great 

 and small, migrating from Scotland to the north of the 

 island, from whence they spread themselves to the south. 

 They generally proceed onward without halting, but occasionally 

 they do. In one or two instances they have been observed, 



