STURNUS. PASTOR. iJ 



distributed, and abundant. Many of our native mainland 

 birds emigrate in the autumn and return in spring, and 

 hence are Summer Visitors. As Winter Visitors immense 

 numbers come to us from northern and central Europe in 

 autumn; and as Birds of Passage, many of these continue 

 their journey and pass the cold season in southern Europe, 

 returning- in spring. 



General Distribution. The typical form breeds in Europe 

 generally, with the exception of the extreme north, south- 

 wards to the Pyrenees and Italy. Migratory in the northern 

 parts of its range, and found in winter as far south as the 

 Canary Islands, Madeira, and north Africa from Morocco to 

 Egypt. It is replaced by allied races in the Faeroes, the 

 Azores, south-eastern Europe, and Asia. 



Genus PASTOR Temminck, Man d'Orn. 1815, p. 82. 

 Type: P. rosens (Linn.) . 



Pastor = a herdsman. 



Pastor rosens. ROSE-COLOURED PASTOR. 



TurdUS roseus Linnaws, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 170 : 

 Switzerland. 



Pastor roseus (Linn.) ; B. O. U. List, Isted. 1883, p. 66 ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. 1890, p. 63 ; Sounders, Manual, 2nded. 

 1899, p. 229. 



Roseus = rose-coloured. 



Distribution in tlie British Islands. An Occasional Visitor. 

 Has been recorded from most parts of Great Britain, chiefly 

 from the eastern and south-western counties of England, 

 less frequently from Ireland. 



General Distribution. Breeds in south-eastern Europe, 

 sporadically in Italy and Hungary, and from Asia Minor to 

 Turkestan. Winters in India and Ceylon. On migration 

 a regular visitor to Palestine and occasional in north Africa. 

 Has occurred from time to time in almost every part of 

 Europe, even as far north as Lapland and Finland. 



