THE ROSE-COLOURED PASTOR. 297 



Tibia feathered to the tarsal joint. Colours, those of the adult 

 male, as described by authors (as are likewise those of the one above 

 noticed, from Bangor Castle), and as such contradistinguished from 

 the plumage assumed until the second year, according to Tem- 

 minck's description (Man. part 3, p. 76). On dissection, it proved 

 a male, and was in excellent condition. The stomach, with the 

 exception of a large coleopterous insect, was entirely filled with the 

 seeds of gooseberries. 



In April, 1838, Mr. H. H. Dombrain of Dublin, received a 

 rose-coloured pastor, which had been captured some years before 

 at Woodhill, Ardara, county of Donegal : it was taken alive in 

 the green-house in an exhausted state, and died a few hours after- 

 wards. 



With respect to the county of Kerry, Mr. E. Chute mentions 

 one being shot when picking at fruit in the garden at Ballyheigh 

 Castle ; another being obtained at Watteville, and a third in July, 

 1 841, when feeding on raspberries in the garden at Derraquin. 

 A bird of this species, killed in the middle of August, 1845, in 

 Rosc omm on (?), was sent to Dublin to be preserved. A pair 

 was often seen, during the summer of 1846, in the garden at 

 the Umbra, Magilligan, where they were remarked to be " very 

 fond of fruit." 



This species appears under the head of "Irregular birds of 

 Passage," in a paper by M. Duval- Jouve on the Migratory Birds 

 of Provence, published in the Zoologist, for Oct., 1845, p. 1115. 

 It is remarked : — 



" The rose-coloured pastor is sometimes seen in Provence. In 

 the autumn of 1817, many were observed ; in 1837, at the end of 

 May and June, some were seen and always in flocks ; they sought 

 the large trees on the banks of the brooks, were fond of cherries, 

 and might be easily approached." 



On a comparison of Irish specimens, with some obtained at 

 " Suharunpoor," India, the species proved to be the same. 



