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[The Red- winged Starling (Agelaus phcenicens Z,.), an 

 inhabitant of America, has been so frequently introduced 

 into this country that it is considered by many ornithologists 

 to be unworthy of a place in the British list. A male example, 

 found on 3ist March 1877, under the telegraph wires by the 

 wayside near Ardwick-le- Street, between Askern and Barnsley 

 (Zool. 1887, p. 257 ; Nat. 1877, p. 53), was obviously an escaped 

 bird.] 



ROSE COLOURED PASTOR. 

 Pastor roseus Z.- 



Accidental autumn visitant, of uncommon occurrence, chiefly 

 near the coast. 



The first reference to this species is in Denny's Leeds 

 Catalogue of 1840, which also appears in Allis's Report, 

 dated 1844 : 



Pastor roseus. Rose-coloured Pastor Hugh Reid of Doncaster 

 reports that two were shot by Mr. Beal near Bawtry, one is in the 

 possession of Mr. Lawton of Tickhill, the other is in his own collection ; 

 F. O. Morris mentions one from Skinningrove, and another from 

 Thorne, probably the specimen next alluded to, viz. : John Heppenstall 

 informs me that one was shot at Thorne about ten years ago, and 

 was obtained for his father's cabinet ; there were three or four 

 individuals with this bird ; another was killed but was unfortunately 

 lost. H. Denny has mentioned two specimens, one being shot at 

 Ripley, the other at Farnley Hall in 1828 ; one of these birds was 

 killed near Beverley about four years ago ; and Arthur Strickland 

 mentions that one was killed while feeding on the ground near the 

 house at Boynton in 1829, and is now in his own collection ; another 

 was killed a few years ago at North Burton near that place.* 



The Rose Coloured Pastor, or Rose Coloured Starling 

 as it is sometimes termed, nests in south-east Europe and 

 Asia Minor, migrating in winter eastward to India. It is 

 a casual visitant to Yorkshire, chiefly in autumn, and at 



* One of the specimens mentioned by Allis was sold at Steven's 

 Rooms in London, in 1890, and was purchased by Mr. J. Whitaker of 

 Rain worth Lodge, Mansfield. 



