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tail-coverts, which have a faint slate tinge; the legs and 

 feet are brownish-slate; the iris, brown. 



The female is quite different, the prevailing colour in 

 her case being dusky ashen-grey, with a reddish shade on 

 the rump and 

 tail, which 

 gives her a 

 great . resem- 

 blance to the 

 femaleNight- 

 ingale. The 

 young are 

 speckled with 

 white and 

 orange on the 

 breast, and 

 are two years 

 old before 

 they assume 

 their full col- 

 our. 



A white 

 variety has 

 been noticed; 

 Morris re- 

 ported one 

 from Glou- 

 cestershire. 



The Red- 

 start is a 

 native of, at 

 least is found 

 in, both Eu- 

 rope (except 

 the extreme 



north) and THE REDSTART. 



Western Asia; 



it is tolerably abundant with us, preferring the vicinity of 

 human habitations to quieter scenes. It has been noticecj 

 in several of the London parks, 



