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ORDER V. PASSERINE. 



XX, STARE. Gen. Birds. XLF. 



192. Crescent. ^-ark, Laixi/on, 144. — Catefiy, i. 33. 



Le Merle a collier d'Amerique, Brijfou, ii. 243. 



L'Etourneau de la Louifiane — 449. 



Le Fer a Cheval, ou Merle a collier d'Amerique, De Buffbn, Oif. iii. 371.— 



PI. En. 256. — Latham, iii. 6. 

 Alauda Magna, Lin. Syft. 289. 

 Sturnus Ludovicianus— 290. — Lev. Mcs.— Bl. Mus. 



ST. With a duflcy head, divided in the middle by a pale brown 

 line, bounded on the fide by two others : on the corner of 

 each eye, above the bill, is a yellow fpot : whole upper part of the 

 body, neck, and wings, redd ifh brown and black: breaft and belly 

 of a rich yellow J the former marked with a black crefcent : pri- 

 maries pale brown, barred with a darker : tail very fliort, the 

 feathers fharp- pointed j the three outmoft white, marked with a 

 pale brown ftripe on the exterior fide ; reft of the feathers light 

 brown, marked with pointed bars of black: legs long. 



Length above ten inches : Weight between three and four 



3IZE. 



ounces. 

 Place. Inhabits moft parts of the continent of North America : lives in 



t\iQ Jav annas, feeding chiefly on the feeds of grafles; fits on fmall 

 trees and fluubs j has a jetting motion with its tail ; is reckoned 

 excellent meat ; has a mufical but not a various note. Arrives in 

 Neiv Tork in March, or the beginning of April : lays in June, in the 

 grafs, five white eggs, thinly fpotted with pale ruft-color. Leaves 

 the country in September or O£iober» 



SturntM 



