HED-WINGED STARLING. 
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J^feam ; from the nostril over the eye, and from the 
‘0«-er mandible, run two stripes of the same, speckled 
'*'ith black ; from the posterior angle of the eye back- 
wards, a streak of brownish black covers the anriculars ; 
faroiit, and whole lower parts, thickly streaked with 
pack and white, the latter inclining to cream on the 
“■■east ; whole plumage above, black, each feather 
“Ordered with |)ale brown, white, or hay, giving the 
aird a very mottled appearance ; lesser coverts, the 
***>ie ; bill and legs as in the miile. 
, The young birds at first greatly resemble the female ; 
?’>t have the plumage more broadly skirted with brown, 
.'e red early shews itself on the lesser wing-coverts 
the males, at first pale, inclining to orange, and 
jj^ftiallv disposed. The brown continues to skirt the 
,‘ack plumage for a year or two, so that it is rare to 
'’*d an old male altogether destitute of some remains 
; but the red is generally complete in breadth and 
“'■'lliancy by the succeeding spring. The females are 
tutiroly destitute of that ornament. 
• The flesh of these birds is but little esteemed, being, 
general, black, dry, and tough. Strings of them 
however, frequently seen exposed for sale in our 
•Markets. 
SUBGENUS IV. — EJaUERIZOtDES, 
ICTERUS rECORISi TEMM. EMBERIXA FECORlSj WILSON. 
COW BUNTING.* 
''*ILSON, PLATE XVIII. FIG. I. MALE FIG. II. FEMALE. 
COHERE is one striking peculiarity in the works of 
great Creator, which becomes more amazing the 
V* Tlie Americau cuckoo (cuculus Carolinensis) is by many 
tCP'® called the cow bird, from the sound of its notes resembling 
in' "’“rds cow, cow. This bird builds its own nest very artlessly 
ij ? cedar, or an apple-tree, and lays four greenish blue eggs, which 
latches, and rears its young with great tenderness. 
