



AMERICAN REDSTART. REDSTART. 



Setopbaga ruticilla. 



Head, neck, back and middle-breast blue-black ; sides of breast 

 orange ; belly white ; wings with an orange band and lined with orange ; 

 tail slightly rounded, black, broadly patched on each side near the base 

 with orange ; bill and feet black. Length, 5.40 inches. 



Migratory. Arrives early in May, leaves late in September. Nests on small trees in 

 woods or meadows. A rather shy bird, with a sweet but monotonous song. 



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