Occasional 
Visitant. 
94 OMNIVORI. PASTOR. ROSE-COLOURED. 
Genus X. PASTOR. PASTOR, (Temm.) 
GENERIC CHARACTERS. 
Bill conic, cultrated, compressed, slightly arched, and the 
point emarginated. Nostrils basal, lateral, and oval, partly 
covered by a membrane, and clothed with small feathers. 
Tarsus considerably longer'than the middle toe. Feet strong, 
with three toes before and one behind ; the outer toe jomed 
at its base to the middle one, Wings having the first quill 
very short, and the second and third the iongest. 
This genus has been established by, Temmtnck, and con- 
tains many of the species of the Genus Gracula of authors, 
and some others, that were before improperly classed with 
the Starlings and Thrushes; amongst these are the Rose_ 
coloured Pastor, the Rose-coloured Ouzel (Tardus roseus), } 
and Starling (Sturnus roseus), of different ornithologists. 
In manners the birds of this genus greatly resemble the 
Starlings, with whom they frequently associate and live. 
Their chief food consists of insects. They are natives of 
the Old Continent. 
Rose-coloured Pastor.—Pastor roseus, ( Zemz.) 
PLATE 36. Fig. 2. 
Pastor roseus, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. 1. p. 136. 
Turdus roseus, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 294. 15.—Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 819. sp. 15.— 
Lath. Ind. Ornith. v. 1. p. 344. sp. 59. 
Sturnus roseus. Scop. Ann. 1. No 191. 
Turdus Seleucis, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 837. 1. sp. 26. female. 
Merula rosea, Raii, Syn. p. 67. 9.—Will. p. 143.—Briss. 2. p. 250. 20. 
Merle couleur de rose, Buff: Ois. v. 3. p. 348. 22.—Id. Pl. Enl, p. 251. 
Le Roselin, Le Vaill. Ois. d’Afric. v. 2. p. 96. 
Martin Roselin, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. v. 1. p. 136. 
Rosenfarbige-Drossel, Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. v. 1. p. 201.—Bechst. Na- 
turg. Deut. v. 3. p. 39. 3. 
Rose-coloured Ouzel or Thrush, Br. Zool. App. No. 5. t. 5.—Arct. Zool. 2. 
p- 344, 9.— Will. (Ang.) p. 194.—Lewin’s Br. Birds, 2. t. 64.—Lath. Syn. 3. 
p- 50.—Mont. Ornith. Dict.— Wall. Syn. 2. t.196.—Don. Br. Birds, t. 24. 
—Bewick’s Br. Birds, vol. 1. and App. with figure of male. 
This beautiful species can only be regarded as occasionally 
visiting our island. The subject of the accompanying repre- 
