PASTOR. INSESSORES. PASTOR. 343 



ROSE-COLOURED PASTOR. 



PASTOR ROSEUS, Temm. 

 PLATE XXXVI. FIG. 2. 



Pastor roseus, Temm. Man. d'Ornith 1. p. 136. 



Turdus roseus, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 294. 15 Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 819. sp. 15 



Lath. Ind. Ornith. v.'l. p. 344. sp. 59. 

 Sturnus roseus, Scop. Ann. 1. No. 191. 

 Turdus Seleucis, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 837- 1. sp. 26. female. 

 Merula rosea, Rail Syn. p. 67. 9 Will. p. 143 Brits. 2. p. 250. 20. 

 Merle couleur de rose, Buff. Ois. v. 3. p. 348. 22 Id. PL Enl. p. 251. 

 Le Iloselin, Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afric. v. 2. p. 96, 

 Martin Roselinj Temm. Man. d'Orn. v. 1. p. 136. 

 Rosenfarbige-Drossel, Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. v. 1. p. 201 Bechst. Na- 



turg. Deut. v. 3. p. 39. 3 

 Rose- coloured Ouzel or Thrush, Br. Zool. App. No. 5. t. 5 Arct. Zool. 



2. p. 344. 9 Will. (Ang.) p. 194 Lewirfs Br. Birds, 2. t, 64 Lath. 



Syn. p. 50 Mont. Ornith. Diet Wall. Syn. 2. t. 196 Don. Br. Birds, 



t. 24. Bewick's Ar. Birds, voL 1. and App. with figure of male. 



THIS beautiful species can only be regarded as occasionally Occasional 

 visiting our island. The subject of the accompany ingrepre- vint * 

 sentation was shot out of a small flock of these birds, and 

 young Starlings intermixed, upon the sea-coast near Bam- 

 burgh Castle, in the month of July 1818. Another male 

 bird was taken, about the same time, in a tan-pit near New- 

 castle-upon-Tyne ; and other specimens are mentioned as 

 having been obtained in the neighbourhood of Ormskirk, in 

 Lancashire *. It is a native of the warmer parts of Asia and 

 Africa, where it is very common, living and feeding with the 

 Starling species. It is also a regular periodical visitant in 

 Italy, Spain, and the southern provinces of France. In its 

 mode of life, it is of great benefit in many countries, by prey- 

 ing on the larvae of particular insects ; in the search after Food, 

 which it displays great assiduity, and is, on that account, 

 highly esteemed and protected by the inhabitants. Its nest Nest, &c. 



* Another beautiful male specimen was shot at West Ord, near Berwick 

 on Tweed, in July 1832. 



