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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



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The Black Redstart {Ruticilla tlihys, Scopoli) is a fairly 

 regular winter visitor to the British Isles, mostly along the 

 South Coast, including Cornwall, where it is frequently met 

 with. It is a resident in some parts south of the Alps, but 

 in winter the majority migrate to Northern Africa. The 

 adult male has the general colouration of the plumage 

 slate-grey ; wings, brown, with white margins on the out- 

 side webs of the secondaries ; rump, upper and under tail- 

 coverts, bright chestnut ; central feathers of the tail, brown, 

 externally margined with bright chestnut ; frontal band and 

 lores, black; chin, throat, cheeks, and breast, black; belly 

 and flanks, huffish ; irides, brown ; bill, black ; legs and 

 feet, blackish. Length, about six inches. 



