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COMMON STARLING. 



(Sturnus vulgaris.) 



St. rostro Jlavescente, corpore ceneo-nigro nitente, punctis albis. 

 Starling with a yellowish beak, shining brassy-black body, spotted 

 with white. 



Sturnus vulgaris. Lin. Syst. Nat. \. 29O. 1. — Lin. Faun. Suec. 

 No. 213.— Gme/. St/st. Nat. 1. 801.— BWw. Orn. 2. 439. I-— 

 Ray. Syn.p. 67. a. l.-^Lath. Lid. Orn. 1. 321. ]. 



L'Etourneau. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 176. pl- ^ 5.— Buff. PI. 

 Enl 75. 



Solitary Thrush. Mont. Orn. Diet. Sup. young. 



Stare, or Starling. Pen. Brit, Zool. 1. 104. pL 46. — Pen. Arct. 



ZooL 2. 331. A.— Will. Orn. l96.pl. 37.—-Albin. Birds. I. pi. 



40. — Hayes. Brit. Birds, pi. 32.— Lew?fw. Brit. Birds* 2. pL 56, 



— fVale, Syn, 2. pi. IQ5. — Pult. Cat, Dors. p. 8. — Lath. Gen. 



Syn. 3. pi. 2. 1. — Lath. Syn, Sup. 137. — Mont, Orn, Diet, 



V. 2. — Betvick, Brit, Birds, I. p. 88. 



Few birds are better known than the species 

 now under consideration, upon which account 

 the description need not be very laboured : its 

 beak is blueish at the base, and yellow towards 

 the tip : irides hazel : the head, neck, and upper 

 parts of the back, are black, glossed with purple 

 and green, according to the light; the feathers 

 on the neck are long, narrow, and pointed : the 

 breast, lower part of the back, the wing-coverts, 

 and rump, are black, varied with dark green ; the 

 entire plumage, except the throat, is beautifully 

 sprinkled with spots, white on- the breast, and 

 yellowish brown on the head and back : the greater 



