CONTRA STARLING. 



491 



1. 802.— Briss. Orn. 2. 446. 2. pi. 41./ 3.— Lath. Ind. Orn, 

 I. 322. 2. 



L*Etourneau pie du Cap de Bonne Esperance. Buf, Hist. Nat. 



Ois. 3. \g\.—Buff. PI. Enl. 280. 

 Cape Stare. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 5. 2. 



The Cape Starling is the size of Sturnus vul- 

 garis : its beak and legs are yellowish : the head, 

 neck, back, wings, and tail, are black : from the 

 base of the upper mandible arises a streak of white 

 that surrounds the eyes, and increases in size so 

 as to cover nearly the whole sides of the head, 

 where it is produced into a stripe that reaches 

 down each side of the neck, and meets the white 

 on the breast : the belly, vent, and rump, are also 

 white : the scapulars and edge of the wing are 

 tipped with white. Inhabits the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



CONTRA STARLING. 



(Sturnus contra.) 



ST.JuscuSy macula ocular i, fascia alarum, ahdomineque albis. 

 Brown Starling, with a spot near the eye, a band on the wing, 



and the abdomen white. 

 Sturnus contra. Lin. Syst. Nat. I. 2Q0. 4.—Gmel. Syst. Nat. I. 



803. 



Sturnus capensis. /3. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1.322. 2. 

 Icterus bengalensis. Briss. Orn. 2. 94. 9. 

 Black and white Indian Starling. Eduoards, Glean. 2. 187. 

 Contra Stare. Albin, Birds, 3, pi. 21. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 5. 

 2. A. 



