THE ROSE-COLOURED PASTOR. 
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Tibia feathered to the tarsal joint. Colours, those of the adult 
male, as described by authors (as are likewise those of the one above 
noticed, from Bangor Castle), and as such contradistinguished from 
the plumage assumed until the second year, according to Tem- 
mincFs description (Man. part 3, p. 76). On dissection, it proved 
a male, and was in excellent condition. The stomach, with the 
exception of a large coleopterous insect, was entirely filled with the 
seeds of gooseberries. 
In April, 1838, Mr. H. H. Dombrain of Dublin, received a 
rose-coloured pastor, which had been captured some years before 
at Woodhill, Ardara, county of Donegal : it was taken alive in 
the green-house in an exhausted state, and died a few hours after- 
wards. * 
With respect to the county of Kerry, Mr. R. Chute mentions 
one being shot when picking at fruit in the garden at Ballyheigh 
Castle; another being obtained at Watteville, and a third in July, 
1841, when feeding on raspberries in the garden at Derraquin. 
A bird of this species, killed in the middle of August, 1845, in 
Roscommon (?), was sent to Dublin to be preserved. A pair 
was often seen, during the summer of 1846, in the garden at 
the Umbra, Magilligan, where they were remarked to be “ very 
fond of fruit.” 
This species appears under the head of “ Irregular birds of 
Passage,” in a paper by M. Duval- Jouve on the Migratory Birds 
of Provence, published in the Zoologist, for Oct., 1845, p. 1115. 
It is remarked : — 
“ The rose-coloured pastor is sometimes seen in Provence. In 
the autumn of 1817, many were observed ; in 1837, at the end of 
May and June, some were seen and always in flocks ; they sought 
the large trees on the banks of the brooks, were fond of cherries, 
and might be easily approached.” 
On a comparison of Irish specimens, with some obtained at 
“ Suharunpoor,” India, the species proved to be the same. 
