1<3 SARDINIAN STABLING. 



OMNIVOR^. 



Family CORVIDJE. 



Genus Sturnus. {LiimcBus.) 



Generic Charactefs. — Beak nearly as long as the head, straight, wider than 

 high, slightly obtuse, and depressed; base of the upper mandible encroaching 

 upon the forehead; tip much depressed, and not hollowed. Nostrils basal, 

 lateral, and half closed by a membrane. Three toes in front and one 

 behind; exterior toe joined at its base to the middle one. Wings long; 

 first quill feather almost obsolete, second and third longest. 



SAEDINIAN STAELING. 



Sturnus unicolor. 



Shinms unicolor, Marmora; Delia Acad, di Tor., 1819. 



" " Temminck; Man., 1820. 



" " Vieillot; Faun. Fr., 1828. 



" " Bonaparte. Schinz. Gould. 



" vulgaris unicolor, Schlegel; Revue. 



Storno nero, Savi. 



Etonrneau unicolore, French. 



Einfarbiger staar, German. 



Specific Characters. — Plumage black without spots; feathers of inferior parts 

 very long, tapering, and drooping from base of the neck. Length nine 

 inches. — Degland. 



The Sardinian Starling was discovered by Marmora, and described 

 by him in the "Memoirs of the Academy of Turin," for August, 

 1819. Since then it has been found in Algeria, and it is known to 

 pass the winter in company with the Common Starling on the African 

 coast of the Mediterranean, which is contrary to the opinion expressed 

 by Marmora at the time he wrote his memoir. 



It is easily distinguished from the Common Starling by the specific 



