STARLING. 49 



in Holt Forest (Lewcock), and near Bournemouth 

 (Dumville Lees, Zoologist, 1877, P- 254). In the 

 spring of 1850, thirteen passed through the hands 

 of Mr. Rolls, the bird-stuffer of Weymouth, all of 

 which were procured in that neighbourhood. Pro- 

 fessor Newton saw a small flock in Bere Wood 

 in the middle of the summer of 1869. Several 

 frequented the plantations of Binegar, near Ware- 

 ham, from November 1874 to the following April 

 (O. Farrer). 



Fam. Sturnid^. 



STAELING. Sturnus vulgaris, L. 



Yarrell, ii. p. 228; Hading, p. 30 ] Dresser, iv. p. 405 ; See- 

 hohm, ii. p. 12 ; Ibis List, p. 65 ; Pulfenei/s List, p. 8. 



Resident, and essentially gregarious, congregating 

 in large flocks as soon as the breeding season is 

 over. Towards evening large detachments may be 

 seen hurrying to their common rendezvous, usually 

 some copse or withy bed, when a deafening chatter 

 ensues. The entire flock then rises, as if actuated 

 by one impulse, and gradually settles down for the 

 night in the selected roosting-place. 



ROSE-COLOURED PASTOR. Pastor rosens, L. 



Yarrell, ii. p. 243 ; Harting, p. 30 ; Dresser, iv. p. 423 ; See- 

 holim, ii. p. 20 ; Ibis List, p. 66 ; Turdus roseus, Pidtonei/s 

 List, p. 10. 



The Rose-coloured Pastor is an irregular autumn 

 visitor, those observed here being usually birds of 



