REDBREAST. 



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not uncommon. I remember, some years ago, having 

 seen one in which the part usually coloured red was a 

 light bluish grey, the back and wings bluish green. In 

 this state, as to colour, the bird had the appearance of a 

 Tit (Parus) ; but the generic characters, and the parti- 

 cular distribution of the colours, decided the species. 



