Old World Starlings. 



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Typical Starlings (Stumus). 

 Common Starling (Stumus vulgaris). 



The female has a shorter wing than the male, is a trifle duller, 

 shows more sandy buff tips to the feathers, and is noticeably more 

 spotted on the under parts. As Dr Sharpe says, "she seems never 

 to lose altogether the spotted character of the plumage." 



Unspotted Starling (Stumus unicolor). 



The female has a shorter wing than the male, but is said to be 

 "similar in colour." In life I should expect to find it less glossy, of 

 a deader black colour, with less defined bronzy-purple and greenish 

 reflections. 



Starling-like Mynahs (Poliopsar, etc.). 

 Silky Mynah (Poliopsar sericeus). 



The female is probably duller than the male. Dr Sharpe describes 

 a female, which, however, he thinks may perhaps be immature, as 

 follows : — " Altogether browner, rather more ashy on the rump ; the 

 gloss on the wings and tail less distinct ; primary-coverts blackish- 

 brown near the base, white at the ends, with a central black streak; 

 head whitish, ashy grey on sides of crown and hind neck ; sides of 

 face whitish, ashy on the cheeks ; under surface of body as in the 

 male, but light brown instead of grey" (Catalogue of Birds, vol. xiii. 

 P- 44). 



