. A history of British birds . ROSE-COLOURED STARLING. 243 PASSERES. STVRNID^ Pastor roseus (Liungeus*),THE ROSE-COLOURED STARLING. Pastor roseus. Pastor, Temniinck\. — Bi\\ moderate, convex above, straight beneath, com-pressed, the upper mandible notched and slightly decurved. Nostrils basal,lateral, oval, partly closed by a membrane covered with small feathers. Gapeangulai, and free from bristles. Feathers on the crown pointed and elongated,forming a crest. Wings long, the first primaiy very short, the second and thethird nearly equal and the longest. Tail moderate, rectrices straight. T
. A history of British birds . ROSE-COLOURED STARLING. 243 PASSERES. STVRNID^ Pastor roseus (Liungeus*),THE ROSE-COLOURED STARLING. Pastor roseus. Pastor, Temniinck\. — Bi\\ moderate, convex above, straight beneath, com-pressed, the upper mandible notched and slightly decurved. Nostrils basal,lateral, oval, partly closed by a membrane covered with small feathers. Gapeangulai, and free from bristles. Feathers on the crown pointed and elongated,forming a crest. Wings long, the first primaiy very short, the second and thethird nearly equal and the longest. Tail moderate, rectrices straight. Tarsusscutellate in front, covered at the sides by an indistinctly divided plate, forminga sharp ridge behind. Claws considerably curved. The Rose-coloured Starling was first noticed as Britishby Edwards, who, iu 1742, took his representation froma specimen killed at Norwood, and preserved at a coffee-house in Chelsea, where, he says, he had liberty to drawit, Soon after he mentioned another which was shot inJune 1747 by Mr. Roger North of Rougham in in 1783 an
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