without moulting, by a partial alteration in the colour of
some of the feathers, producing greater brilliancy, and by the
loss of many of the light-coloured tips.
Albinoes and buff-coloured varieties of tire Starling are not
uncommon.
INSESSORES. STURN1DM.
CONIROSTRES.
T H E ROSE-COLOURED PASTOR.*
Pastor
Rose-coloured. Outel, P enn. Brit. Zowy o lH.p . 413.
,, ' „ Mont. Ornith-. ©ifejf.'.ji
,,,, Starling, B ewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 115.
,, Ouzel, " Flem. Brit-.'An. p. 66.
„ Pastier, Selby, Brit. Ornith. Vdlt i. p. 343.
raH r a n Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 144.
,,. Goijjtm, ?irds of Europe, pt. iii.
Martin roselin, TEMM.’M h h .d ’Orhithl vol. r. pf.136.
P astor. Generic Characters.—Beak in the form of; an.,elongated cone,
compressed, slightly curved, with a staall rjotcli near the point. Nostrils basal,
lateral, oval in shape, partly closed by a membrane covered with small feathers.
F.eet strong,three toes in front, one behind, thejooit&r, toe. connected by membrane
at its base to the.middle toe. Wings with the first feather very short,
the second and'the thitd1'thelongest in the wing.
* A shephetd, or herdsman, and 'this bird was probably so called because,
like the Starling, it is frequently seen in company with sheep and cattle.