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reddish-orange. Quills greyish- black, the second and 

 sixth feathers being of equal length. Legs and toes 

 black. 



Fig. 2. The Female. Natural size. 



Upper parts yellowish-brown, with a shade of grey upon 

 the head and back. Breast and flanks pale reddish- 

 orange. Throat reddish-white. Rump and tail red- 

 dish-orange, except the two middle feathers ; but which 



4 are not so bright as in the male bird. 



The young males of the year are without the white fore- 

 head, and the black upon the throat is intermixed with 

 white feathers, as well as the orange upon the breast. 

 The upper parts are pale reddish-brown, tinged with 



TITHYS REDSTART. 



PHCENICURA TITHYS, Jard. and Selby. 

 PLATE D. FIG. 12. 



Phoenicura Tithys, Jardine and Selby' s Illustrations of Ornithology, pi. 86. 



Fig. 1. and 2. Male and Fern. 

 Sylvia Tithys, Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 512. sp 16. 

 Motacilla Tithys, Linn. Syst. 1. 335. 34. B GmeL Syst. 1. 987. 

 Sylvia Gibraltariensis, Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 513. sp. 17- 

 Becfin rouge-queue, Temm. Man. d'Orn. 2. 218. 

 Tithys Redstart, lllust. of Ornith. pi. 86. fig. 1. and 2. 



THE discovery of this species, since the publication of the 

 first edition of the present volume, in the southern part of 

 England, by Mr J. GOULD, enables me to add it to the list Occasional 

 of our Fauna as an occasional visitant. In its general ap- V18ltant 

 pearance it bears a great resemblance to the Common Red- 

 start, but is without the reddish-brown upon the under parts 

 of the body, as well as the distinct white bar on the fore- 

 head. Its manners are stated by those who have had an op- 



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