STURNUS PASTOR 401 



ad. Differs from S. poltaratzskyi only in having the rump glossed with 

 green, whereas in that species the green tinge does not extend below the 

 lower part of the back, the rump being purple. 



Hob. The Caucasus and Northern Persia. 



In habits and nidification not differing from S. vulgaris, 



571. SARDINIAN STARLING. 

 STURNUS UNICOLOR. 



Sturnus unicolor, " de la Marm." Temm. Man. d'Orn. ed. 2, i. p. 133 

 (1820) ; Naum. xiii. p. 226, Taf. 351, fig. 1 ; Gould, B. of E. iii. 

 pi. 211 ; Dresser, iv. p. 415, pi. 248; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xiii, 

 p. 39. 



Etourneau unicolore, French; Estorniriho, Portug. ; Tordo, 

 Span. ; Storno nero, Sturneddn, Ital. ; Zerzour, Arab. ; Zarzor 

 kehal, Moorish. 



(J ad. (Spain). Black glossed with violet purple ; wings and tail 

 velvety black, the outer webs and tips of the feathers glossed with purple ; 

 feathers on the under parts elongated and lanceolate ; bill yellow, bluish 

 at the base below ; legs brownish flesh ; iris dark brown. Culmen 1'05, 

 wing 5'0, tail 2'5, tarsus 1'2 inch. The female is rather duller than the 

 male, and the young bird resembles that of S. vulgaris, but is darker. In 

 winter the adult has the plumage slightly dusted with greyish, and is 

 spotted with small whitish arrow-shaped dots, and the bill is blackish. 



Hob. Portugal, Spain, rare in southern France ; Italy and 

 Sicily east to Palestine ; North West Africa. In the countries 

 north of the Mediterranean it is as a rule a summer resident, but 

 in North West Africa it is to be met with throughout the year. 



It frequents wooded districts more than the Common Starling 

 which it resembles in its general habits and note, but its flight 

 is swifter. Its nest is generally placed in a hollow tree or a 

 hole in a cliff, and is a loose structure of dry grass, straws, and 

 feathers, and the eggs resemble those of S. vulgaris but are if 

 anything rather darker in colour. 



PASTOR, Temm., 1815. 



572. ROSE-COLOURED STARLING. 



PASTOR ROSEUS. 



Pastor roseus (Linn.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 294 (1766) ; (Naum.), ii. p. 206 r 

 Taf. 63 ; Hewitson, i. p. 217, pi. Iv. fig. 2 ; Gould, B. of E. iii. 

 pi. 212 ; id. B. of Gt. Brit. iii. pi. 56 ; Newton, ii. p. 243 ; Dresser, 

 iv. p. 423, pi. 250 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xiii. p. 63 ; Gates, F. 

 Brit. Ind. Birds, i. p. 518 ; Saunders, p. 229 ; Lilford, ii. p. 68 r 

 pi. 31. 



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