72 BLACKSTART. 



BLACKSTART. 



BLACK REDSTART. BLACK RED-TAIL. TITHYS-REDSTART. 



PLATE CXI. 



Sylvia Tithys, JENYNS. 



Sylvia Gibrallariensis, LATHAM. 



Phanicura Tithys, GOULD. SELBY. 



Ficedula Tithys, EYTON. 

 Motadlla atrala, 



r I ^HE nest, which is rather large, is placed among 

 -*- the clefts of stones or rocks, and also in the holes 

 of walls and ruins, the spires, towers, and higher parts 

 of Churches, and the roofs of houses. It is formed of 

 grasses, moss, wool, and the dry stalks and fibres of 

 plants, and is lined more or less with hair or feathers. 

 'It is,' says W. R. Fisher, Esq., of Yarmouth, 'formed 

 of almost any material which is suitable and can be 

 readily obtained. I have found it composed of grey 

 worsted, taken from a loose ball which was lying in a 

 garret.' 



The eggs are from five to seven in number, and 

 of a very pure glossy white in colour, and the shell 

 peculiarly fragile and transparent. I have been 

 favoured by R. W. Hawkins, Esq., of Rugeley, Staff- 

 ordshire, with the nest and egg of this bird, taken at 

 Longdon. 



