﻿Class 
  2. 
  AVES 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Family 
  STURNIDiE. 
  

  

  Agelaius 
  phceniceus 
  (L.). 
  Red-winged 
  Starling. 
  

  

  An 
  accidental 
  visitant. 
  Gray 
  records 
  only 
  one 
  instance 
  of 
  its 
  occur- 
  

   rence 
  in 
  Scotland. 
  He 
  says 
  : 
  — 
  1 
  A 
  specimen 
  which 
  was 
  shot 
  near 
  

   Banff 
  in 
  1866 
  by 
  H. 
  A. 
  Rannie, 
  Esq. 
  of 
  Greenlaw, 
  Corr. 
  Member 
  

   of 
  the 
  Natural 
  History 
  Society 
  of 
  Glasgow, 
  and 
  sent 
  by 
  him 
  for 
  

   exhibition 
  to 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Society's 
  meetings 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  year. 
  It 
  

   appeared 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  young 
  male.' 
  Edward 
  has 
  it 
  : 
  — 
  ' 
  A 
  pretty 
  bird, 
  

   which 
  occasionally 
  visits 
  this 
  country.' 
  

  

  Stum 
  us 
  vulgaris, 
  L. 
  Starling. 
  1 
  

  

  Local 
  Name. 
  — 
  Stirlin' 
  (Gregor). 
  

  

  The 
  Starling 
  is 
  still 
  increasing 
  and 
  extending 
  its 
  breeding 
  range 
  in 
  

   the 
  north 
  of 
  our 
  area. 
  Pairs 
  frequent 
  all 
  sorts 
  of 
  out-of-the-way 
  

   houses, 
  and 
  in 
  1884 
  a 
  pair 
  took 
  up 
  their 
  abode 
  at 
  Badenloch 
  and 
  

   bred, 
  occasionally 
  falling 
  down 
  the 
  chimneys 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  morning, 
  

   to 
  the 
  dismay 
  of 
  those 
  into 
  whose 
  rooms 
  they 
  intruded 
  themselves. 
  

   They 
  are 
  occasionally 
  seen 
  on 
  migration 
  near 
  there. 
  As 
  a 
  rule, 
  

   however, 
  they 
  keep 
  mostly 
  to 
  the 
  coast-line, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  now 
  

   very 
  numerous. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  northern 
  parts 
  of 
  our 
  area 
  Starlings 
  never, 
  to 
  our 
  know- 
  

   ledge, 
  occur 
  in 
  those 
  numerous 
  flocks 
  which 
  are 
  so 
  common 
  in 
  

   many 
  parts 
  of 
  England. 
  Although 
  increasing 
  as 
  a 
  breeding 
  species, 
  

   the 
  greater 
  part 
  migrate 
  south 
  in 
  the 
  autumn. 
  

  

  Starlings 
  are 
  rather 
  local, 
  and 
  take 
  some 
  time 
  to 
  make 
  up 
  their 
  

  

  1 
  We 
  desire 
  to 
  draw 
  attention 
  to 
  a 
  more 
  detailed 
  account 
  of 
  1 
  The 
  Starling 
  in 
  

   Scotland 
  : 
  its 
  Increase 
  and 
  Distribution,' 
  by 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  writers, 
  in 
  the 
  

   Aniials 
  of 
  Scottish 
  Natural 
  History, 
  January 
  1895, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  a 
  map. 
  

  

  VOL, 
  II. 
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