BIRD'S. PASSERESv 76. Sturnus. 
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76. STURNUS. Tubulate, angular, de- 
preiTed, bluntifti ; the upper mandible 
entire, fomewhat open at the edges : 
nojlrils furrounded with a prominent 
rim : tongue notched, pointed. 
^ Stare, Starling, 
Bill yellowifti ; body black, •witb wkit-e. dots. 
Common S, 
Body whrte. 
3‘ White ; crown, neck, wings and tail black. 
^ ^hite ; above the eyes, near the bill 2 black fpots. 
Cinereous ; bill and legs black. _ 
Inhibits Europe, Afia and Africa ; 9 inches long ; breeds ir* 
hollow treeS) eaves of hauies, tower^s or rocky cliffs ; lays 
^ j pale grccnilb-afh eggs ; affembles in winter in vail 
flocks in lairihy places ; feeds on worms and iniefls ; is v ery 
docile and may be eafily taught to fpeik ;• fleffi bitter and 
hardly eatable. 
tluill-f gathers and tail dulky, the former edged with yellow orr 
the outer fide, the latter with dirty-green lelTer coverts^ 
edged with' yellow and flightly gloffed with green ; tegf 
reddifli-brown. 
, Male flilning with purple, green and gold, 
Blaekilh, beneath and fides of the head whke. Cape S. _ 
Inhabits the Cape of Good Hopei flze of the laft. 
■B'fl yellowifli ^ fcapalars at the tip and wmss- at the edges 
avhite ; kgs yellow, 
■ 
\ Spotted with grey and brown, beneath yellow ; head and 
eyebrows with a white line j chin black. 
Loutfiane S, 
Variejj with brown,, reddifli and blackiiTi, beneath » 
< break with a curved black band ; 3 lateral tail-fea- 
thers white. 
Inhabits North America:' 9 t— ti inches long. 
Bill whitilh, tipt with brown ; checks yellow ; wings an 
reddifh-grey ; legs grey. 
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