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dual bore a striking resemblance to the common starling-. 

 They are also said, when on the ground, to resemble that 

 bird in their manner of walking and running. 



Besides the countries above-mentioned as the usual resort 

 of the Rose Pastor, some localities may be pointed out in 

 which they are occasionally seen. 



In England many specimens have, at different times, and 

 in divers places, been shot, not only in the southern counties 

 of England and Wales, but in Durham, Northumberland, 

 and even a few as far north as Scotland. One specimen, also, 

 was taken at Hoy, in the Orkneys. 



In a Fauna of Shetland, by Thomas Edmonston, jun., 

 Esq., that gentleman says, " I observed one of these beauti- 

 ful birds in April last, associating with its relations the 

 starlings : it was very shy, and I always failed in getting near 

 enough to shoot it." 



It might be supposed that they would abound in the 

 islands of the Mediterranean, being situated between two 

 continents, in which they are indigenous ; no mention is, how- 

 ever, made of them in Mr. Drummond's list of the birds of 

 Crete ; and in the island of Corfu, according to that gentle- 

 man, they are only occasional visitants, and are considered 

 rare. 



M. Temminck, in the third part of his Manuel, speaks of 

 the Rose-coloured Pastor as follows : " This species is not a 

 bird of regular passage in the southern countries (of Europe), 

 but appears irregularly, as the chatterer does in our more tem- 

 perate provinces, apparently in pursuit of some species of 

 insect in which its chief subsistence consists, which, driven by 

 the winds, or some other accidental cause, visit countries 

 to which these birds repair, consequently unexpectedly, and 

 return when the insects themselves disappear." This species 

 is common to the warm climates of the east and south : it is 

 frequently seen in Hungary. It was very common in 1 832, 



