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Sturnus Capenfis, Liz. Sy/f.i. p. 290. N°z. 
L’Etourneau du Cap de Bonne Efperance, Brif orn. ii. p. 446. N° 2. pl. 
Al. f. 3.—PI. enl, 280. 
L’Etourneau-Pie, Buf. of. iil. p. 1gte 
IZE of our Starling. Bill fixteen lines long, and yellowifh: 
the plumage is only of two colours, black and white: the 
head, neck, back, wings, and tail, are of the firft colour: on 
each fide of the head, beginning at the bafe of the upper man- 
dible, is a ftreak of white, which encompaffing the eye {wells 
out into a broad patch, fo as to make almoft the whole fide of 
the head of that colour: at the hinder bafe of this it is a little 
‘prolonged downwards on each fide of the neck, in a narrow ftripe 
of black and white mixed: the fcapulars are tipped with white; 
and the edge of the wing, for three quarters of an inch, is white 
alfo: the breaft, belly, vent, and rump, of the fame colour: the 
legs yellow. 
Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. 
Sturnus contra, Liz. Sy/?. i. p. 290. N° 4. 
Le Troupiale de Bengale, Brif. orz. ii. p. 94. N° 9.—Szfpl. p. 94. 
L’Etourneau du Cap de Bonne Efperance, ou L’Etourneau Pie, Buf. cif, ii. 
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Contra from Bengal, 4/d. iii. pl. 21. 
Black. and white Indian Starling, Edw. pl. 187. 
HE head, neck, back, rump,. upper tail coverts, and {ea- 
pulars, are black: from the bill fprings a ftripe of white, 
paffing through the eyes, and tending to the hind head: the 
upper part of the neck is alfo furrounded by a dirty white band : 
beneath each eye is a fpot of white: from the lower part of the 
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