194 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



REDSTART [No. 178]. From A.Sax. redd (red) and steort (tail). 

 Turner (1544) calls it " rede tale." The first use of the 

 name Redstart I find is in Merrett's list (1667) and 

 he gives " Red-tail " as an equivalent name. Willughby 

 gives Redstart only, the A.Sax. name having thenceforth 

 taken the place of the later English one. 



REDSTER or REDSTARE. Yorkshire names for the REDSTART. 



REDTAIL. A Yorkshire name for the REDSTART (q.v.). 



RED-THROATED DIVER [No. 344]. So called from the 

 red upper-throat. The name appears in Edwards, in 

 Pennant (8vo ed.), and in most later writers. In the 

 folio edition of Pennant (1766) it is called "Red-necked 

 Diver." It is the Speckled Diver of older authors. 



RED-THROATED PIPIT [No. 69]. So called from the pale 

 chestnut of the throat and breast. 



RED THRUSH: The REDWING. (Midlands.) 



REDWING [No. 159]. So called from the orange-red colour 

 of the sides and under wing-coverts. Macgillivray's name 

 " Red-sided Thrush " would really be more appropriate. 

 Formerly called the Wind Thrush (q.v.). The name Red- 

 wing appears first in Willughby (1678) ; Sibbald (1684) 

 calls it " Red wing or Wind-Thrush." Swainson gives 

 Redwing Mavis as a Forfar name. 



Red-winged Starling. A North American species of which 

 examples (no doubt escaped from captivity) have been 

 taken in this country. The name is found in Albin (1738) ; 

 it is included by Yarrell (1st ed.). 



REDWING FELFER or REDWING THROLLY. Yorkshire names for 

 the REDWING. 



REED-BUNTING [No. 53]. Frequents streams and rush- 

 covered ground rather than reeds. Occurs in Turner (1544) 

 as " Rede Sparrow " and in Merrett and Willughby as 

 " Reed Sparrow," as also in Pennant (1766). The name 

 Reed-Bunting appears to occur first in Montagu. Yarrell 

 calls it Black-headed Bunting (an unfortunate choice), which 

 has led to confusion with the non-indigenous species so 

 named. 



REED BUNTING. Swainson says this was an Essex name for 

 the BEARDED TITMOUSE. 



REED CHUCKER. A name for the REED-WARBLER. 



REED FAUVETTE : The SEDGE-WARBLER. (Bewick, 1797.) 



REEDLING : The BEARDED TITMOUSE. (Norfolk.) 



