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STURNID.E. 



fNSESSORES. 



CONIROSTRES. 



STURNIDJZ. 



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THE ROSE-COLOURED PASTOR.* 



Pastor roseus. 



Ttirdus roseus, Rose-coloured Ouzel, 



Pastor, 



Starling, 



Ouzel, 



Pastor, 



Martin 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, pt. iii. 

 TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 136. 



PASTOR. Generic Oiaracters. Beak in the form of an elongated cone, com- 

 pressed, slightly curved, with a small notch near the point. Nostrils basal, late- 

 ral, 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, because, like 

 the Starling, it is frequently seen in company with sheep and cattle. 



