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INSESSORES. 



DENT1ROSTRES. 



SYL VIABLE. 



SYLVIADM. 



THE BLACK REDSTART. 



Phtenicum tithys. 



Phcenicura tithys, Tithys Redstart, 



Sylvia 

 Ficedula 

 PTuznicura 

 Sylvia 



Black Redtail, 



Redstart, 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 193. 

 JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 105. 

 EYTON, Rarer Brit. Birds, p. 7. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. viii. 



Bee-fin Rouge queue, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 218. 



THE BLACK EEDSTART, which is at once distinguished 

 from the well-known and common Redstart, last described, 

 by being sooty black on the breast and belly where the 

 other is reddish brown, was first made known as an occa- 

 sional visitor to this country by Mr. Gould, who recorded 

 the occurrence and capture of a specimen near London in 

 October 1829 : and another example has since been seen in 

 the Regent's Park. In 1830, two other specimens were 

 obtained ; one at Bristol, the other at Brighton. In 



