sturnus

Huc doctae stipentur aues quis nobile fandi ius natura dedit: plangat Phoebeius ales, auditasque memor penitus dimittere uoces sturnus, et Aonio uersae certamine picae, quique refert iungens iterata uocabula perdix, 20 et quae Bistonio queritur soror orba cubili. ferte simul gemitus cognataque ducite flammis funera, et hoc cunctae miserandum addiscite carmen:

On the Death of a Favourite Parrot 1912

This bird having a remarkable thick, strong bill, more like the frugivorous tribes; and in my opinion they are guilty of the like oversight in classing the summer red-bird with the muscicapa, this bird having a thick, strong bill, approaching nearer the sterling (sturnus.) THESE historical observations being noted, we will will again resume the subject of our journal.

Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians. 1823

The starling (sturnus), of which I know not the Malayan name.

The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795

quod quondam bene fructuosa malus autumnis sterilis duobus adstem? non me praegrauat, ut putas, senectus, nec sum grandine uerberata dura, 5 nec gemmas modo germine exeuntis seri frigoris ustulauit aura, nec uenti pluuiaeue siccitasue, quod de se quererer, malum dederunt; non sturnus mihi gracculusue raptor10 aut cornix anus aut aquosus anser aut coruus nocuit siticulosus: sed quod carmina pessimi poetae ramis sustineo laboriosis.

The Complaint of the Garden God Anonymous 1912