328 THE ROSE-COLOURED PASTOR. 



the more southern parts of Europe it is stationary all the 

 year round. 



In certain districts of Sweden, the starling is looked upon 

 with a sort of veneration, and, as with the stork, is seldom 

 molested ; but of the origin of this feeling I am altogether 

 in ignorance. 



The Rose-coloured Pastor (Rosen-fargad Drossel, Sw. ; 

 Pastor roseus, Temm). This bird, which in its habits 

 much resembles the starling, is a very rare visitor to Scandi- 

 navia ; and only two or three instances are on record of its 

 having been shot. It has on one occasion been found in 

 Denmark. Its proper home is Africa and southern Asia. 



