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PLATE XXL 



THE SILK STARLING. 



GENUS STURNUS, LIK. SYST. 29O. STARE, PEN. GEN. BIRDS 40* 



SIZE, 

 BILL, 

 HEAD, 

 BODY» 



WINGS, 

 TAIL, 

 LEGS, 

 PLACE, 



of the comiTion Starling. 



deep orange colour. 



yellowifli white. 



entirely of a fine pale grey ; the whole plumage 



gloffy, and of a filky look, 

 black, v/ith a fingle bar of white, 

 black. 



of a reddifh yellow. 

 China. 

 This bird is in the pofTeffion of my great patron 



MARMADUKE TUNSTALL, Efq. 



