SILK STARLING. 



497 



another beyond the eyes, and a double one on the scapulars 

 white. 



Sturnus viridis. Gmel, Si/st, Nat, 1. 805. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 

 325. 9. 



Green Stare. Oshech, Voy, Chin, 2. 327. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 

 10. 9. 



Described by Osbeck, in his Voyage to China, 

 as a native of that country : it has a tuft of black 

 and white feathers on the forehead and chin, with 

 a white spot on the front of the crown, and another 

 beyond the eyes : the upper parts of its plumage 

 are green : the scapulars are adorned with two 

 white spots : the wings green, with the outer webs 

 and the shafts of the feathers white : the fore-part 

 of the neck, breast, and belly, pale caerulean : the 

 tail very similar to the wings, but the outer webs 

 of the feathers are not white : legs grey blue. 



silk starling. 



(Sturnus sericeus.) 



St. jpallide griseus, capite Jtavescente-albo, hasi remigum alho, re- 



migibiis rectricibusqiie nigris. 

 Pale grey Starling, with the liead yellowish-white, the base of 



the wing white, and the quills and tail-feathers black. 

 Sturnus sericeus. GmeL Syst. Nat. I. 805.' — Lath. Ind, Orn, 1. 



324. 8. 



Silk Starling. Brouon. III. Zool, pi. 21.— LaM. Gen» Syn. 3. 10. 

 8 — Lath, Syn. Sup. 137. 8. 



