STURNID^. 



STURNIDM. 



CONIROSTRES. 



THE ROSE-COLOURED PASTOR.* 



Pastor roseus. 



Turdus roseus, Rose-coloured Ouzel, 



Pastor 



Starling, 



Ouzel, 



Pastor, 



Marlin roselin, 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 413. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 

 BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 115. 

 FLEM. Brit. An. p. 66. 

 SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 343. 

 JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 144. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe. 

 TEMM. 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 membrane 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, be- 

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

 cattle. 



