THE REDSTART. 



THE REDSTART. 



THE Redstart has been 

 very aptly named, for 

 the second syllable of 

 the word means tail. 

 It is also known in 

 many parts of the 

 country as Firetail, 

 and the bright rusty- 

 red colour of that ap- 

 pendage, which is quite 

 unlike that of any other 

 British bird, and is con- 

 stantly being shaken and 

 quivered, renders it easy to 

 identify whenever and wherever it may 

 be seen. 



This bird arrives upon our shores 

 about the second week in April, and 

 wings its way south again towards the 

 end of August, both movements being 

 subject to some modification in con- 

 sequence of the character of the weather 

 prevailing at the time it commences its 

 travels. 



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