64 ROSE-COLOURED PASTOR. JAY. 



Genus— PASTOR. 



PASTOR ROSEUS— Rose-coloured Pastor. 



[^Rose-coloured Starling — YarrellP^ 



There is only one known instance of this bird having visited 

 Herefordshire. The specimen is in the Hereford Museum, labelled 

 " Garway, 1858." It was formerly in the collection of the Hereford 

 Philosophical and Literary Institution. 



[Family — Corvid/E.] 



[Genus — Pyrrhocorax.] 



[Pyrrhocorax graculus — Chough.] 



On high cliffs in the Southern counties. 



[Genus — Nucifraga.] 



[NuciFRAGA caryocatactes — Nut-cracker.] 



Yorkshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, Devonshire, 



and Flintshire. 



Genus— GARRULUS. 

 GARRULUS GLANDARIUS— Jay. 



What ! is the Jay more preciotis than the Lark, 

 Because his feathers are more beautiful ? 



Shakespeare — Taming of the Shrew IV. 3. 



The painted Jay. 



GxY— Shepherd's Walk, 



As eny Jay sche light was and jolyf. 



Chaucer — Reeve's Tale. 



This handsome bird is still very common in all the wooded 

 districts of the county, where it is resident all the year. It has 

 many persevering enemies : gamekeepers, gardeners, milliners, 

 fishing-fly makers, and boyhood in general ; but it is a shy, wary 



