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COLLARED STARLING. 

 (Sturnus collaris.) 



St. fusco-nigricanSy dorso maculato, uropygio albo vario, guU 



alba fusco maculata, remigibus caudaque apice Juscis, 

 Brown-dusky Starling, with the back spotted, the rump varied 



with white, the throat white, spotted with brown, and the 



quills and tail tipped with brown. 

 Sturnus collaris. Gmel. S?/st, Nat. 1. 805. — Lath. Lid, Orn, 1. 



323. 5. 



Motacilla alpina. Gmel. Syst. Nat, 1. 957. 



La Fauvette des Alpes. Buf, Hist, Nat, Ois, 5, 156, pi. 10.— 



Buf. PL Enl. 668./. 2, 

 Alpine Warbler. Lath, Gen, Syn. 4. 434. 25. 

 Collared Stare. Lath. Gen, Syn. 4, 8. 5. 



This bird inhabits the southern Alps of Europe, 

 particularly the lofty mountains of Auvergne and 

 Dauphiny : it is in length six inches and a half: 

 its beak and legs are brownish, with the base of 

 the former yellowish : the upper parts of the body 

 dusky, spotted with paler: rump varied with brown 

 and white : quills blackish ; the inner webs and 

 tips edged with rufous : throat white, with brown 

 spots : breast grey brown : belly brown, the sides 

 darkest: tail brown, tipped with pale rufous : it is 

 a solitary and retired species, seeking the most 

 sequestered places : it feeds on insects and seeds, 

 and is very shy. M. Meyer forms a genus for 

 this species, by the name of Accentor, 



