ROSE-COLOURED PASTOR. 



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INSESSORES. 

 CONIROSTRES. 



STURNIDj3^. 





THE ROSE-COLOURED PASTOR.* 



Tardus roseus, Rose-coloured Otizel, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 413. 



,, Mont. Omitli. Diet. 

 Starling, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 115. 



Pastor ,, ,, Ouzel, Flem. Brit. An. p. 66. 



Pastor, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 343. 



,, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 144. 



,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. iii. 



Martin roselin, Temx^k Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 136. 



Pastor. Generic Characters. — Beak in the form of an elongated cone, 

 compressed, slightly curved, with a small notch near the point. Nostrils basal, 

 lateral, oval in shape, partly closed by a membrane covered with small feathers. 

 Feet strong ; three toes in front, one behind, the outer toe connected by mem- 

 brane at its base to the middle toe. Wings with the first feather very short, 

 the second and the third the longest in the wing. 



* A shepherd, or herdsman, and this bird was probably so called because, 

 like the Starling, it is frequently seen in company with sheep and cattle. 



