. The birds of Essex: a contribution to the natural history of the country. Birds. SNOW BUNTING, male in autu7iin, Mr. R. H. Eve of Maldon has several which he shot on the sea- Family STURNID^^. Starling: Sturnus vulgaris. An abundant resident. It has become of late years very much commoner than formerly. Cream-coloured, pied, or white varieties are not very rare. Mr. Grubb says (39), " This bird almost darkens the air on our meadows [at Sudbury] in ; Mr. Buxton says (47. 85) that it is "perhaps the most abundant bird in the [Epping Forest] district after the
. The birds of Essex: a contribution to the natural history of the country. Birds. SNOW BUNTING, male in autu7iin, Mr. R. H. Eve of Maldon has several which he shot on the sea- Family STURNID^^. Starling: Sturnus vulgaris. An abundant resident. It has become of late years very much commoner than formerly. Cream-coloured, pied, or white varieties are not very rare. Mr. Grubb says (39), " This bird almost darkens the air on our meadows [at Sudbury] in ; Mr. Buxton says (47. 85) that it is "perhaps the most abundant bird in the [Epping Forest] district after the ; W. H. Hill speaks of it (12. vi. 452) as occur- ring " in immense clouds on the marshes " near Southminster about 1832. Yarrell says (14. ii. 46) that in summer and autumn they "roost by thousands among reeds in the fenny parts of Essex, Cambridge, and other ; The Tuck Collection in the Saffron Walden Museum contains several white specimens taken from a nest at Quendon in May, 1858. Lieut. Legge records K. STARLING, J(.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Christy, Miller, b. 1861. Chelmsford, E. Durrant & Co. ; [etc. , etc. ]
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