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tinent of Europe, from all accounts, it is generally 

 spread, apparently in greater numbers than in 

 Britain. It occurs also more sparingly in the 

 northern European countries, extending to Nor- 

 way and Sweden, and reaches also to Siberia, 

 but we have no record of it beyond the Asiatic 

 frontier. Temminck includes it among the 

 Japanese birds. 



THE TITHYS REDSTART. 



Phcenicura tithys. JARDINE AND SELBY. 

 PLATE VI. 



Motacilla tithys, Linn. Sylvia tithys and Gibraltariensis, 

 Lath. Phcenicura tithys, Jard. and Selby. Tithys 

 Redstart of British authors. 



Mr Gould first added this European species as an 

 occasional visitant, to our Fauna in 1829. Since, 

 a few specimens in different localities, chiefly 

 southern, have occurred, and it has been at least 

 once met with in Ireland. In the northern parts 

 of England, or in Scotland, however, it has not 

 yet occurred. In the north of Europe, it is also 

 recorded as rare, but increases in numbers towards 

 the south, where it remains during the year. On 

 the Continent, it is a summer bird of passage, 

 and it is curious that most of the specimens 

 obtained in this country were procured either in 

 the depth of winter, or late in autumn. Thus, 



