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PASTOR, Temminck. Generic characters. 

 Bill depressed at the base, tip notched ; 

 wings long, first quill short, second and 

 third longest ; tail short, inclining to be 

 forked ; feet strong, gressorial. 



Type. Pastor roseus. 



JVote. Europe, Asia, Africa. Habits gregari- 

 ous, feed much on the ground. 



ROSE COLOXJllED PASTOR. 



Pastor roseus TEMM. 



PLATE XIV. 



Turdus roseus, Linn. Scop. Merula rosea, Ray. Pastor 

 roseus, Ternm. Rose Coloured Ouzel, Thrush, or 

 Pastor of British authors. 



THIS rare and beautiful bird is one of our 

 straggling visiters from warmer climes, and in 

 the instances recorded of its capture, Starlings 

 were often associated with it. The habits, so far 

 as we know, resemble those of the Sturnidce. 

 They feed gregariously, in great part on insects 

 and their larvag, particularly the griUidce, and 

 they breed in the holes of trees and in old 

 walls. Several instances of this bird occurring in 

 England are recorded, also a few instances of its 

 capture in Scotland, and Mr Thompson mentions 

 it as occasionally visiting Ireland. In the south 

 of Europe it is met with frequently, and appears 

 with more regularity, and we have frequently 



