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OMNIVOBJE. 

 Family CORVID^E. 



Genus Sturnus. (Linnceus.) 



Generic Characters. — 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 de- 

 pressed, 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. 



SARDINIAN STARLING. 



Sturnus unicolor. 



Sturnus unicolor, Maemoea; Delia Acad, di 



Tor., 1819. 

 Temminck; Man., 1820. 

 Vieillot; Faun. Fr., 1828. 



" " BONAPAETE. SCHINZ. 



" vulgaris unicolor, Schlegel ; Revue. 



Storno nero, Savi. 



Etourneau unicolore, Feench. 



Einfarbiger staar, Geeman. 



Specific Characters. — Plumage black without spots; feathers of 

 inferior parts very long, tapering, and drooping from base of the 

 neck. Length nine inches. — Degland. 



