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soldiers. This reminds me of what I have frequently seen in the 
A. tristis and St. contra, that they become so accustomed, from living 
in the neighbourhood of regimental target-butts, as to allow the balls 
to pass over them, whilst they have fearlessly fed between the targets 
and the soldier practising." — (Captain E. C. Tytler.) 
" This is a summer visitant in the hills, and is common at Masuri 
during that season, but it does not appear to visit Simla, although it 
is to be found in some of the valleys below it to the south. It breeds 
at Masuri in May and June, selecting holes in the forest-trees, 
generally large oaks, which it lines with dry grass and feathers. 
The eggs are from three to five, of a pale greenish-blue ; shape ordi- 
nary, but somewhat inclined to taper to the smaller end ; diameter 
1^^ X in., or 1^ X in. This species usually arrives from the 
valley of the Doon about the middle of March ; and until they begin 
to sit on their eggs, they congregate every morning and evening 
into small floclis, and roost together in trees near houses ; in the 
morning they separate for the day into pairs, and proceed with the 
building of nests or laying of eggs. After the young are hatched 
and well able to fly, all betake themselves to the Doon in July." — 
(Captain Hutton.) 
Genus Pastor, Temm., Man. d'Orn. p. 82 (1815). 
PsAROiDES, Vieill., Analyse, p. 42 (1816). 
Boscis, JBreTim., Isis, p. 1282 (1828). 
NoMADiTES, JPetaniz (183-). 
Theemmophiltjs, Macgill., Hist. Brit. Birds, I. p. 160 
(1837). 
811. PASTOR ROSEUS, Linn. Sp. 
Turdus roseus. Linn., S. iV. I. p. 294. Lath., Hist, of 
Birds, V. p. 42. F. (B.) Hamilton, MS. I. p. 13. 
Pastor roseus, Temm., Man. d'Orn. (1815),^. 83. Wag- 
ler, Syst. Av. Bast. sp. 12. Gould, Birds of Eur. 
t. 212. Syhes, P. Z. S. (1832), p. 95. Jerdon, 
Madr. Journ. XI. p. 23. Hodgs., J. A. S. Beng. V. 
p. 77S ; Grafs Zool. Misc. (1844), p. 84 ; Cat. B. 
of JSTep. p. 103. Blyth, Ann. Nat. Hist. XII. 
1st ser. p. 97 ; J. A. S. Beng. XIII. p. 365 ; Cat. 
B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 111. G. B. Gray, Gen. of 
Birds, II. p. 334 ; Cat. Brit. B. in Brit. Mies. p. 97. 
Hutton, J. A. S. Beng. XVI. p. 779. Bonap., C. G. 
