THE STARE OR STARLING. 
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CHAP. XXVI. 
Of birds of the Passerine , or Sparrow Order — The Stare 
- — The Thrush — The Missel Thrush — The Throstle — 
The Red-wing— The Fieldfare— The Blackbird— The 
King O itsle— The Water Ousle—The Rose-coloured 
Ouzlc — The Blue and Solitary Thrushes — The Mock- 
bhd — The White-tailed Thrush— The Chatterer— 
The Bohemian and Caruncululed Chatterer — The G n os- 
beak — The Hawfinch — The Pine Grosbeak — The 
Cross-bill — The Bullfinch — The Yellowhammer—Thc 
Reed Sparrow' — The Tawny Bunting — The Ortolan — 
The Black-throated Bunting — The Finches — - The 
Sparrow — The Goldfinch — The Linnet — The Twite - — 
The Flycatcher — The Fan-tailed Flycatcher — The 
Ijark Genus — The Wagtail — The While , yellow, and 
Grey Wagtail — The Warblers — The Nightingale — • 
The Redbreast — The Redstart — The Black-cap — Tuc 
Wren — The Canary Bird — The Hedge Sparrow — The 
Wheal-eater — The Whine hat— The Stone-chatter — The 
White-throat — The Thorn-tailed Warbler — The Tit- 
Mouse — The Swallow— The Swift— The Martin— The 
Coatsuck.br — The Coly — The Tanager — The Ma- 
n ak.in. 
The Passerine, or Sparrow Order. 
THE STARE OR STARLING. 
There are few birds better known in these temperate 
! ln; }tes than that under our consideration. It has a nearer 
Ration with the blackbird than with any other ; but it is 
distinguished from that genus by the glossy green of its 
fathers, in some lights, and the purple in others. It breeds 
n hollow trees, the caves of houses, towers, ruins, cliffs, 
1 . often in high rocks over the sea. It lays four or five 
of a pale greenish ash-colour, and makes its nest of 
wi' aW ’. stnal1 fi br es of roots, &c. Its voice is rough ; but 
' v hat it wants in the melody of note, it compensates by the 
ac i lty with which it is taught to speak. In winter these 
Mrds assemble in vast flocks, and feed upon worms and 
sects. At the approach of spring they assemble in fields, 
® g in consultation together, and for three or four days 
e ‘ n t0 take no nourishment : the greater part leave the 
0 unt r y . t p e regt p rce ,i here, and bring up their young. 
i l lie stare there are about thirteen species of foreign and 
u °Riesti c . There have b een found varieties of the common 
