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STARLING. 
STARE. COMMON STARLING. COMMON STARE. 
SOLITARY THRUSH, (THE YOUNG.) 
Sturnus vulgaris , Pennant, Montagu. 
Sturnus —A Sterling, Vulgaris — Common. 
This well-known bird is an inhabitant of the north of 
Europe, being found in Russia, Siberia, Sweden, Denmark, 
and Norway, as well as in Turkey, Italy, and all the countries 
bordering on the Mediterranean; in Madeira also, the Canary 
Islands, and the Azores. In Asia too it dwells, in Asia 
Minor; and in India, in Nepaul and the Himalaya Mountains; 
in China also, and Japan. In Africa likewise it is found, 
even so far south as the Cape of Cood Hope. 
In our own country it is everywhere to be met with, from 
the Orkney and Shetland Islands to Cornwall, but in the 
latter chiefly as a winter visitor, few remaining to breed. 
Starlings are common even in London; many couples 
constantly breed in Cray’s Inn Cardens, where they may be 
seen daily. They are quite numerous in Kensington Cardens 
and Hyde Park; so my friend W. F. W. Bird, Esq. informs 
me. 
In some parts of Scotland they are abundant, in others 
less common. 
In Ireland also they are extremely abundant, but are seen 
in the greatest numbers in the winter, numerous flocks, great 
and small, migrating from Scotland to the north of the 
island, from whence they spread themselves to the south. 
They generally proceed onward without halting, but occasionally 
thev c!o t In one or two instances they have been observed 
