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Rose-coloured Pastor. Pastor roseus (Linn.). 



A casual visitor, of rather frequent occurrence, principally to the South. 

 Hams and to Lundy Island, during the spring and summer months (May 

 to October). It was especially numerous in the fine summer of 1851, 

 when a female was shot at Berry Head which was full of eggs, and 

 might, perhaps, have bred in the county if she had not been killed. If 

 unmolested this beautiful bird would probably become a regular summer 

 migrant. One was shot at Teignmouth, July 17th, 1817 (T. & K., and 

 W. R. H. J., Zool. 1843, p. 188). Two specimens were sent to the 

 British Museum from Aveton GifFord by the Hev. B. Kerr Yaughan, and 

 another was shot there in June 1834. The last specimen is probably the 

 one now in the collection of the late Mr. J. Elliot, at Kingsbridge, but 

 which was formerly in Mr. Vaughan's possession (E. A. S. E.). Another 

 bird in the British Museum was obtained by Dr. Tucker at Ashburton. 

 It has been seen at Saltram (E. M., Mag. Nat. Hist. 1837, p. 176, and 

 Eowe's Peramb. Dartmoor, Appendix, p. 233). A male was shot near 

 Berry Head in June 1845 (E. B., Zool. 1851, p. 3233, and Von H., Zool. 



1874, p. 3908). One was shot in the parish of Bigbury in 1850 (H. N., 

 MS. Xotes). An adult female occurred at St. Budeaux, or Tamerton, 

 near Plymouth, June 17th, 1851 (P. A. J., 'Naturalist,' 1851, p. 211 ; 

 J. G., MS. Notes ; J. B. P., Trans. Plym. Inst. 1862-63, p. 65). An 

 adult male was shot at Pitt, near Chudleigh, June 18th, 1851 (Zool. 

 p. 3233), and is now in the A. M. M. One recorded from Chudleigh, 

 July 10th, 1851 (W. T., ' Naturalist,' 1852, p. 19), was perhaps the 

 same as the last specimen. A female full of eggs was shot at Berry 

 Head, July 12th, 1851, and is now in the Torquay Museum (E. B., Zool. 

 p. 3233). An adult male shot at Kingsbridge in 1852 is in the A. M. M., 

 and another occurred at Alphington near Exeter in July of that year. 

 A fine male was shot in July 1855 on Highhouse Farm in the parish of 

 Dodbrooke, adjoining Kingsbridge, by Mr. H. Nicholls, and was purchased 

 by Lord Lilford (H. N., MS. Notes). Lord Lilford describes this bird as 

 a singularly fine example, as brilliant in plumage as any he had ever 

 oV)tained on the continent. A male in full plumage was seen near Prawle 

 Point in ^lay 1871 (Zool. 1S71, p. 2679). One was obtained in the 

 neighbourhood of Bideford at the end of October 1875 (M. A. M., Zool. 



1875, p. 4720). One occurred on Lundy Island a few years before 1866 

 (G.F.M., 'Naturalist,' 1866, p. 359). 



The Kev. H. G. Heaven used to say that any year he could confidently 

 expect to see Pose Pastors on Lundy in the spring, and going out actually 

 shot a pair for his friend Dr. Woodforde, of Taunton. Since the island 

 has been almost entirely broken up for cultivation, and, in conse(]ucnce, 

 is jnuch more disturbed than it used to be. Peso Pastors, Golden Orioles, 

 and other scarce migrants arc now seldom seen. Wo have known several 

 instances of tlio occurrence of the Pose Pastor on the N. Devon coast. 

 Mr. W. l5rodrick obtained one near Ilfracombc at the time he resided in 

 that picturesque watering-place, and we knew of another which was shot 



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