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served to assemble in one locality, near Nottingham, 

 within a few minutes of each other. They settle down 

 for the night, sometimes in reed beds, sometimes 

 in plantations. In such roosting-places they often 

 do considerable damage, and it becomes a serious 

 question how to get rid of them. When shooting 

 proves of little avail, it has been found effective to 

 light a fire to windward of the spot, so as to cause 

 the smoke to blow through the assembled flocks. 

 In fine weather Starlings may be observed hawking 

 for flies {Zool, 1866, p. 310; 1867, p. 593; 1895, 

 p. 381), and a tame Starling would fly from the hand 

 and catch moths and butterflies [Zool., 1881, p. 64). 



ROSE-COLOURED PASTOR. Pastor roseus (Linnteus). 

 PI. 14, figs. 6, 7. Length, 8 in.; bill, 0-8 in.; wing, 

 5 in. ; tarsus, 1*25 in. 



An irregular visitant during summer and autumn, 

 and met with throughout the British Islands, includ- 

 ing the Orkneys and Shetland. 



No instance is on record of the nesting of the 

 Rose-Coloured Pastor in Great Britain, but the 

 birds have been seen and shot several times in the 

 middle of summer. Dr. Moore mentions one which 

 was taken in Devon in June, and a young one 

 without a crest in October. A pair were shot in 

 July at Rosemount, near Glasgow, where they had 

 been observed for some days previously. 



For information on the breeding habits of the 

 Rose - coloured Pastor as observed abroad, see the 

 account given by the Marchese Antinori of an 



