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Giglioli and Whitehead for Corsica, and is only an occasional visitor to 

 the south of France, Italy and Malta. [On the mainland of Africa it is 

 resident, breeding in the cliffs of Cape Blanco (N.) and other localities on 

 the Maroccan coast. In Algeria it is curiously scarce, but breeds in Tunis 

 in numbers.] 



Like S. vulgaris this species is sometimes met with nesting singly Nest. 

 and sometimes in small or large colonies. All the nests met with by Rey 

 in Portugal were built in crevices of rocks, but in Spain many pairs breed 

 in holes of trees. Pigeon houses and old Moorish towers are also freely 

 used and sometimes 100 — 150 pairs may be found nesting together. In 

 the to\vns any hollow in the roofs or hole in the walls of old buildings 

 is occupied. In north west Africa many nests are found in holes of the 

 sea cHffs, and also in the mosc[ues inland, but in Tunis von Erlanger found 

 this species in possession of forsaken nests of Bee-Eaters and Rollers, as 

 weU as breeding in crevices of the precipitous sandy cliffs at Oued Kasserine. 

 In SarcUnia it breeds chiefly in holes of old buildings. 



The clutch varies from 4 to 6 in number, and the eggs do not differ Eggs. 

 from those of S. vulgaris. In south Spain the usual breeding time is about 

 the last week in April, and in Sicily from the second week in April on- 

 ward, but eggs have been taken in Marocco at the end of March, and 

 according to Konig the young are hatched in Tunis about mid-April and 

 leave the nest at the beginning of May, but Erlanger took an incubated 

 clutch and a fresh egg there early in June. 



60 eggs (50 measured by the writer, 5 by Erlanger and 5 by Rey), Measure- 

 average 30.82X21.44 mm., Max. 34.2X22.2 and 33X22.6 mm., ]\Iin. "^eots. 

 28.1 X 22 and 29 X 20.2 mm. Average Aveight of 5 eggs 396 mg. (Rey). 



15. Rose coloured Starling, Pastor roseus L. 



Eggs: Thienemann, Fortpfl., Tab. XXXVIII, fig. 3, a— c. Hewitson, 

 III. Ed., pi. LY, fig. 2. Baedeker, Tab. 50, fig. 11. Taczanowski, Tab. 

 XXXIV. Seebohm, Brit. Birds, pi. 11; id. Col. Fig., pi. 54. 



Foreign Names: Bohemia: Spaceic riizovy. Denmark: Drossel-stae?', 

 JRosenstar. Finland: Punakottarainen. France: Martin roselin. Gei-many: 

 Rosenstar, rosenfarhene Drossel, Staramsel. Greece: Hagion Puli. Helgo- 

 land: Stuur-Amsel. Holland: Rose Spreemv. Hungary: Fdsztor maddr, 

 Rbzsds Rigo. Italy: Storno roseo, Storno marino. Poland: Oniarek rozowy. 

 Russia: Rosoivy Skiuorez, Skivornik. Sweden: Rosenstare. 



Breeding Range: Breeds at irregular intervals in colonies in S. Russia, 

 E. Hungary, Dobrudscha, Bulgaria, etc. In 1875 in Italy. [Also in Asia 

 from Asia Minor to Turkestan.] 



The breeding of this interesting bird appears to be regulated to some 

 extent by the abundance or absence of the Ortlioptera which form its 



