MAGELLANIC STARLING. 



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Sturnus militaris. Lin. Mont. lyyi. p. 527.—Gmel. Syst. Nat, 

 1. 803. — Lath. Ind. Orn, 1. 323. 4. — Daud. Orn. 2. 305. 



Etourneau des terres Magellaniques. Buff, Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 

 IQQ.^Bnff. PI. Enl. 113. 



Magellanic Stare. Lath. Gen. Syyi. 3. p. 7- 4. 



Length eight inches and a half : its beak is 

 dusky : the upper parts of its phi mage are brown, 

 the edges of the feathers being palest : between 

 the beak and eye a spot of crimson : the sides of 

 the neck are black : behind the eye is a white 

 streak, and at the base of the under mandible is 

 a spot of that colour : the chin, fore-part of the 

 neck, breast, bend of the wings, and upper part 

 of the belly, deep crimson : the sides of the body 

 and thighs are black, the feathers bordered with 

 cinereous : the vent, under tail-coverts, and tail, 

 black ; the latter slightly forked : legs brown : 

 some specimens have a white line beginning at the 

 nostrils and terminating on the hind head, but 

 such have not the spot at the base of the under 

 mandible ; they may be immature birds. Native 

 of the Falkland Islands : supposed to feed on 

 insects. 



