the common Starling. It is fubjedt to Tome variety 
in point of colour; the throat in fome fpecimens 
being black, which delcends in a dilated band be¬ 
neath, fo as to form a black crefcent acrofs the 
breafl; while in others this appearance is fcarce per¬ 
ceptible. The external tail-feathers are alfo white 
in fome individuals. This bird in the twelfth edi¬ 
tion of the Syftema Naturae was arranged under two 
different genera; viz. thofe of Sturnus and Alauda; 
but later obfervations have proved the varieties, 
which caufed this impropriety, to belong to the felf 
fame fpecies. 
