PLATE CXLV. 



STURNUS VULGARIS. 

 COMMON STARLING. 



Passeres. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bill fubulate, angular, depreffed, bluntlfli; the upper mandible 

 entire, fomewhat open at the edges : noflrils furrounded with a pro- 

 minent rim : tongue notched, pointed. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 

 Bill yellowifli : body black, with white dots. 



Sturnus vulgaris : rollro flavefcente, corpora nigro punHis 

 albis. 'Linn. Fn. Suec. 213. — Gmel. Linn, Syji, 

 Nat. t.i.p. 2.p, 801. 1. 



Sturnus. Gefn. av. T'iT. 



Aldr. Orn. 2. p. 631. 



Storno. 01 ucc. t. 18. 



Etourneau. Buff. HiJI. Nat, S.p. 176. /. U, 



Stare, or Starling. Ray av. p, 67. n. 1. 

 Brit. Zool 1. w. 104.. 



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