414 ROSE COLORED OUZEL. Class IL 



the head is adorned with a crest hanging back- 

 wards. The head, crest, neck, wings, and tail 

 are black, glossed with a changeable blue, 

 purple and green : the breast, belly, back, and 

 lesser coverts of the wings, are of a rose color, 

 mixed with a few spots of black : the legs are 

 of a dirty orange color. 



This bird is found in Lapland, Italy, and 

 Syria. About Aleppo it is called the locust 

 bird, possibly from its food ; and appears there 

 only in summer.* In Italy it is styled the sea- 

 stare; and, as Aldrovandus says, frequents 

 heaps of dung-f Mr. EkmarckX informs us, 

 that it resides in Lapland, never passing beyond 

 the limits of that frozen region. We have 

 mentioned very opposite climes, but believe it 

 to be a scarce bird in all, at lest in Europe. 



We have seen one that was shot at Gran- 

 tham in Lincolnshire, and it has been told me 

 that one has been shot and sometimes more 

 about Ormskij^k in Lancashire. J. L. 



* Russet's hist. Alep. 70. Tavernier, 146. 



t Aldr. av. ii. 283. 



X Migr. (IV. Amcen. acad, iv. 594. 



