188 INSESSORES. ERYTHACA. REDBHEAST. 



REDBREAST. 



ERYTHACA RUBECULA^ Swains. 

 PLATE XLVI. FIG. 2. 



Sylvia rubecula, Lath. Ind. Ornith. v. 2. p. 520. sp. 42. 



Motacilla rubecula, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 337. 45 Gmel. Syst. 2. p. 993 Raii 



Syn. p. 78. A. 3 Will. p. 160. t. 37 Briss. 3. p. 418. t. 21. 



Rouge-Gorge, Buff. Ois v. 5. p. 196. t. 11 Id. PL Enl. 361. 



Bee-fin Rouge-Gorge, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. v. 1. p. 215. 



Rothburstiger Sanger, Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. v. 1. p. 238.-^-Fmcft, 



Vog. t. 19. f. 1. 

 Redbreast, Br. Zool. No. 147. Arctic Zool. 2. p. 417. D Lewin's Br. 



Birds, 3. t. 107 Lath. Syn. 4. p. 442. 38 Mont. Ornith. Diet Wale. 



Syn. 2. t. 238 Pult. Cat. Dorset, p. 9 Bewick's Br. Birds, v. 1. p. t. 



204 Low's Faun. Oread, p. 69. 



PROVINCIAL Robin Redbreast, Ruddock, Robin. 



THIS well known and favourite warbler is common 

 throughout the kingdom, its range extending as far as the 

 Orkney Islands, where, according to Low, it is a regular re- 

 sident. It appears, by a communication from Dr FLEMING 

 to Mr MONTAGU, that, in Shetland, the Redbreast is only 

 an occasional visitant, seen after severe gales of wind ; in all 

 probability, therefore, driven thither out of the regular course 

 of its autumnal migration from Norway and other northern 

 countries to those of a milder temperature. As spring ad- 

 vances, the male bird retires to the thickest woods, and ha- 

 ving attracted a mate by the rich and mellow notes that he 

 pours forth from the highest branch of some chosen tree, 

 Nest, &c. prepares for the duties that nature dictates. A mossy bank, 

 or spot well concealed by the roots of trees, or such clefts of 

 rock overgrown with ivy and woodbine, as are of constant 

 occurrence in the woody glens of the north of England and 

 Scotland, are the situations usually selected for the nest * ; 

 which is formed of moss, the stalks of plants, and dead 



* It also frequently breeds in garden sheds and out-houses ; and I have 

 known several instances where a watering pot, not in common use, has 

 become the receptacle for the nest and eggs. 



