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fruit the inside of the gizzard and mouth were stained bright 

 pink." * "When in Dublin on the 26th of June, 1834, I saw an 

 adult male P. rosens previous to its being skinned. It was taken 

 in the garden of R. Long, Esq., Longfield, Cashel, in a cherry- 

 net, on the 7th of that month, and had been kept alive for a 

 fortnight. In July, 1836, Lieut. Davis, R.N., of Donaghadee, 

 sent to the Belfast Museum an adult male, which was captured 

 early in the month, in a garden near that town. About the middle 

 of the month, a second example was shot at Hillsborough in the 

 same county. On the 12th of August, the same year, a third was 

 obtained in Ireland : it was shot near Kenmare, county of Kerry. 

 In the month of August, 1837, a rose-coloured pastor was shot 

 from among a flock of starlings on one of the islands of Arran, at 

 the entrance of Galway bay. In June, 1838, one of these birds 

 was obtained near Ashbourne, about ten miles from Dublin ; its 

 stomach was filled with cherries. On the 7th or 8th of July, that 

 year, a P. roseus was shot, when feeding on the same fruit, at 

 Newbarron, near Eieldstown, a few miles from Dublin. On the 

 13th of September, 1838, I saw two specimens which had been 

 killed in different parts of the north of Ireland. A male bird was 

 shot about the 1st of that month, in the plantations at Bangor 

 Castle, county of Down, where another was seen in company with 

 it ; they had been observed there for some time. The other was 

 shot by Alex. Tyler, Esq., at the Umbra, Magilligan, county of 

 Londonderry, about the 10th of September. Having the oppor- 

 tunity of examining this bird in a fresh state, I drew up the fol- 

 lowing description : — 



inch. line. 

 Entire length 8 9 



Bill from rictus to point . . 1 2£ 



Upper mandible, measured along the ridge from forehead 



to point 9 



Wing from carpus to end of longest quill 5 



Tail extending beyond closed wings 1 



Tarsus 1 3 



Middle toe and nail 1 3 



Hind toe and tail, measured in a straight line 9 



* Kev. T. Knox. 



