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STARE. 



Class II. 



Sect. V. PASSERINE. 



^ GENUS XVIII. STARE. 



Bill, strait depressed. 



Nostrils surrounded with a prominent rim. 



1. Common, Sturnus vulgaris. St. rostro 



flavescente, corpore nigro- 



nitente punctis albis. Lath. 



Ind. orn. 321. id. Sijn. iii. 



2. id. Sup. i. 137. 

 L'Estourneau. JSe/ora au. 321. 

 Stumus. Gesner av. 746. 

 Aldr. av. ii. 284. 

 Stare, or Starling. JVil. orn. 



196. 

 Rail Syn. av. 67. 

 L'Etourneau. Brisson av. ii. 



439. Hist, d'ois. iii. I76. 



PL Enl. 75. 



Starl. ScopoU, No. I89. 



Storno. Zinan, 69. 



Olina, 18. 



Stumus vulgaris. Gm. Lin. 



801. 

 Stare. Faun. Suec. sp. 213. 

 Hasselquist, itin. 284. 

 Danis & NorvegiSy Stasr. Br. 



229. 

 Staar. Frisch. ii. 217. 

 Starl. Kram. 362. 

 Br. Zool. 93. plate P. 2. f. 1, 



Arct. Zool, ii. 12. 



JLhE Stare breeds in hollow trees, eaves of 

 houses, towers, ruins, cliffs, and often in high 

 rocks over the sea, such as those of the Isle of 

 Wight. It lays twice, sometimes thrice, in the 

 season; the first time it is said to deposit five 

 eggs, the second four, the last three : the eggs 

 are of a pale greenish ash-color : its nest is made 



