194 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
REDSTART [No. 178]. From A.Sax. reid (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. 
Reptrai. 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. 
Rep Turusu : 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. 
Rrep Buntine. Swainson says this was an Essex name for 
the BEARDED TITMOUSE. 
RreEp, CouckER. A name for the REED-WARBLER. 
REED FavuvetteE: The SEDGE-WARBLER. (Bewick, 1797.) 
REEDLING : The BEARDED TITMOUSE. (Norfolk.) 
