9O BRITISH BIRDS. 



pale yellow ; iris brown ; tarsi reddish-brown. Length 

 8*25. Female : almost without glossy reflections and 

 rather more spotted. Young : above sooty -brown ; 

 throat dull white ; below mottled with dull brown and 

 white ; bill dusky. 



Common and resident ; in winter collecting in flocks of 

 varying magnitudes. Nest : in holes in buildings, trees 

 or cliffs. Eggs : 4 to 6 ; pale blue and very glossy ; 

 size i *io by '85. 



GENUS LI. PASTOR, Temminck (1815}, 

 Bill moderate, compressed, upper mandible somewhat 

 de curved and slightly notched. Feathers of crown 

 lengthened and forming a crest. 



114. Pastor roseus (Linn.). ROSE-COLOURED PASTOR. 



Hab. Southern Europe and Western temperate Asia ; 

 casually to all parts of Europe. 



Male : head, crest, nape, throat and upper breast black, 

 glossed with purple ; back, scapulars, and under parts 

 white suffused with pale rose-colour ; wings and tail 

 glossy black ; bill dusky at base, yellowish towards tip ; 

 tarsi dull orange. Length 8*50. Female: similar but 

 duller. 



A very irregular visitor in summer and autumn ; has 

 occurred in all parts of the British Isles. 



Family CSorvidse. 





 GENUS LII. PYRRHOCORAX, Vieillot (1816). 



Bill rather long, slender, ascending, and considerably 

 curved, pointed at tip. Wings long and ample, ist 

 primary developed, 4th longest. Tail moderate. Claws 

 large and curved. 



