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RUTICILLA PHCENICURUS. THE WHITE- 

 FRONTED REDSTART. 



REDSTART. REDTAIL. FIRETML. 



Motacilla Phcenicurus. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 335. 



Sylvia Phoenicurus. Lath. Ind. Orn. L 191. 



Redstart. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



Becfin des murailles. Sylvia Phoenicurus. Temm. Man. d'Orn. I. 220. 



Redstart. Phoenicura Ruticilla. Selb. lUustr. I. 191. 



Sylvia Phoenicurus. Redstart. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 104. 



Male with the middle of the forehead white, its anterior part, 

 the cheeks and throat black, the hind-head, neck and hack deep 

 ash-grey, the breast, rump and tail reddish-orange. Female with 

 the upper parts reddish-grey, the throat reddish-white, the breast, 

 rump^ and tail light reddish-orange. 



Male. — This beautiful and lively little bird is in its propor- 

 tions exactly as described in the generic character, its general 

 form being rather slender, its head ovate and of ordinary size, 

 its bill rather short, straight, with the edges a little inflected, 

 the tip of the upper mandible slightly declinate, and the notch 

 obsolete ; the tarsi of moderate length, and slender, as are the 

 toes ; the claws rather long and arched. 



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