BLACK REDSTART. 



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INSESSORES. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



SYLVIABM. 



THE BLACK REDSTART. 



Pha'nicura lithys, Tithys Redstart, Selby, Brit. Ornitli. vol. i. p. 193. 



Sytvia ,, Black Redtail, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 105. 



Ficediila ,, ,, Redstart, Eyton, Rarer Brit. Birds, p. 7. 



Phanicura ,, ,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. viii. 



Sylvia ,, Bec-^'n Roi/g-e gxewe, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 21! 



The Black Redstart, which is at once distinguished 

 from the well-known and common Redstart, last described, 

 by being sooty black on the breast and belly where the other 

 is reddish brown, Avas first made known as an occasional 

 visiter to this country by Mr. Gould, who recorded the oc- 

 currence and capture of a specimen near London in October 

 1829 : and another example has since been seen in the Re- 

 gent's Park. In 1830, two other specimens were obtained; 



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