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STURNUS. ST A RLING. 

 Generic Character. 



Rostrum subulatum, angula- 

 tum, depressum, obtusius- 

 culum : mandibula supe 

 riore integerrima, margini- 

 bus patentiusculis. 



Nares supra marginatae. 



Pedes simplices, digitis tri- 

 bus anticis, uno postico. 



Beak awl-shaped, angulated, 

 depressed, and obtuse : the 

 upper mandible entire, the 

 margins rather gaping. 



Nostrils above margined. 

 Feet simple, with three toes 

 before, and one behind. 



X HE Common Starling, which forms the type 

 of this genus, is so well known and fully described 

 in the following pages, that any general account 

 of the habits of the genus in this place is un- 

 necessary. 



