CRESCENT STARLING. 493 



brown : between the beak and eyes is a streak of 

 white, and another over the eyes : the prevailing 

 colour of the plumage is dark blue black : the head 

 and nape are blueish white : the crown of the 

 head in the male has a violet black stripe ; in the 

 female it is brown : the wing- coverts are black, 

 tinged with green ; the quills are black, the two 

 nearest the body with white tips, and the rest 

 tipped with white on their outer webs : the under 

 parts of the body sullied white : the tail greenish 

 black, its coverts violet: legs blue black. The 

 eggs of this bird are of a ferruginous colour, tinged 

 with blue ; they are three in number. 



CRESCENT STARLING. 



(Sturnus torquatus.) 



St. supra fusco rufescente nigricanteqiie varius, subtus fiavus, 

 fascia pectorali curva nigra, rectricibus tribus lateralibus albis. 

 Starling above brown, varied with rufous and dusky ; beneath 



yellow, with a curved band on the breast black ; the three 



outer tail-feathers white. 

 Sturnus ludovicianus. /3. Lath, Inch Orn, 1. 322.3. 

 Alauda magna. Lin. Syst. Nat, 1. 289. 11. — G7nel. Syst. Nat, 



1. 801. 



Merula Americana torquata. Briss. Orn, 2. 242. 15. 

 Lfi Merle k colHer. Biif, Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 376. 

 Large Lark. Catesb. Carol, I. pi, 33. 



Crescent Stare. Pen. Arct. Zool, 2. \g2.—Lath. Gen. Syn, 3, 

 6. 3. 



