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which it associates in large flocks Dim'ncr ft, 
it is more familiar, and freon prim a , n® tbe nestm g season 
where it nests under roofs and in ?’ e mgs a «d farmyards, 
buildings or trees It does t ' 1 J^mneys, or in holes of 
the destruction of grubs and n ' ncalculable amount of good in 
quantity of fruit duSg the ^oeriodof th” 5 ^’ 5" * devours a 
« “ «“*», « whS SSlSdil'T* 1 ’” * h »a>e„ia, 
are apt to be forgotten. g d eds as a grab-destroyer 
feathers and woof forking ° f StnW and grass ’ with a few 
— 
the field starlings, genus pastor 
aSt0r ' Temm -’ Man - d’Orn, i, p . 83 ( l8is) : 
Hype, P. roseus (Linn.). 
In the “Rose-coloured Pastor” pq th;? k- j • 
called, the bill is of different shine re In , b ‘I- d u S S0m etimes 
lings, being shorter, higher anymore ° f , the true Star- 
specks of the genus is^nown an d t h , CUrVed ^ one 
visitor to the British Islands ’ T n nddV IS “ unfre quent 
plumage, the Pastor has an enormous crest t0 ltS br ° liant 
THE ROSE-COLOURED STARLING. PASTOR R 0S E US 
(Plate IV) 
Turdus roseus, Linn, S. N, i, p. 2g4 (l?66 y 
Pastor roseus, Dresser, B. Eur. i v n 1 
Newt. ed. Yarr, ii, p. 243 (1S77) ]f q } 2 . 5 °( i 8 73 ); 
66 (1883); Seeb, Hist. Brf B.,ii. p L y ls f Br - B , P- 
Fig. Br. B, pt. vii. (1888) ; Saunders Man 4 n ' Ll 0 / d ’oo°!' 
Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus, xiii, p. 63 (iSgof 219 (l88 ^ ; 
Adult Male in Breeding Plumage.— Clear rnce. m i„ 
wings and tail shot with green or purple TnT’iT* f 1 '* 
inches ; cultnen, o 8 ; .ingfj,, 8 
wi t S h“1hon‘S ! cli fe,na ' e "* q " ite “ b " 8ht “ “lour, and 
young. Different from ,h. adults. Brown, with darker 
