STARE. 



C— Sturnus leucocephalus, Aldr. ii. 637. 



This is described with a white head and neck, two black spots 

 above the eyes ; breast, belly, sides, thighs, upper wing and under 

 tail coverts white, with bluish spots ; quills and tail as in common, 

 but the two outer feathers of the last white ; bill white ; legs yellow. 



D. — Sturnus cinereus, Bris. ii. 446. D. Id. 8vo. i. 282. Aldrov. ii. 638. 

 Grey Stare, Gen. Syn. iii. p. 4. 



Upper parts of the body rufous ash-colour, inclining to yellow ; 

 breast marked with small points. Bill and legs black. 



To which may be added one similar in the Leverian Museum, 

 wholly cream-colour, covered all over with white spots. 



2.— SILK STARE. 



Sturnus sericeus, Ind. Orn. i. 324. Gm. Lin. i. 805. Daud. ii. 304. 



Martin, Tern. Man, Ed.n. Anal. p. lv. 



Silk Starling, Gen. Syn. ii. 324. Id. Sup. 137. Brown, III. pi. 21. Shaw's Zool. x. 497. 



LENGTH eight inches. Bill purplish red, the end dusky; the 

 whole head, and fore part of the neck yellowish white, inclined to 

 dusky on the crown ; upper part of the body fine pale ash-colour ; 

 wings and tail glossy black ; base of the quills white, forming a 

 spot on the outer part of the wing ; bastard wing white ; tail two 

 inches and a half long, even at the end ; the under parts of the body 

 the same as the upper, but paler, and nearly white at the vent ; legs 

 reddish, or pale yellow. 



The female is brown where the male is black ; forehead mixed 

 black and white ; sides of the head and behind the eye white ; back 

 as in the male; wings glossy brown, inclining to ash-colour; base 



