440 CLASS AVES. 



The Redstart, {Mot. Phcenicurus, Lin.) Enl. 351. 1. 2. 

 Brown above ; throat black ; chesty croup^ and lateral 

 quills of the tail red ; nestles in old walls, and has a 

 sweet song, which has some of the modulations of the 

 Nightingale. 



The Red-tail Warbler, (Mot. Erithacus, Lin. M. Titys, 

 Retz. M. Gibraltariensis, Atrata, Gm.) Edvv. 29. 



differs from the preceding in having the chest black, 

 as well as the throat : it is much more rare. 



M. Atrata, and Gibraltariensis, are the old male, M. 

 Tithys is the female. 



BlueWarbler, Mot. Scialis, Lin., Edw. t. 24. Catesby, 

 t. 47. 



Blue, beneath reddish; belly white j primaries black- 

 tipt ; length six inches. Carolina. 



This species is the type of the genus Scialis, Swain- 

 son, of CEnanthe of Vieil., and Saxicola of Prince Mu- 

 signano. 



Ruby-throat Thrush. T. Calliope, Lath. Suppl. t. 



front. T. Camfschatkensis, Gml. Mot. Calliope, 



Pallas. 

 Ferrugineous, beneath yellowish-white ; throat crim- 

 son-white and white-edged ; lores black; eyebrows white. 

 An Accentor, according to Temminck. 



The Warblers, (Curruca^ Bechst.) 

 have the beak straight, slender throughout, a little 

 compressed in front. The upper crest curved a little 

 towards the point. 



