PHCENICURA TITHYS. (Jakd. and Selby.) 

 Tythys Redstart. 



Of the habits of the Tythis Redstart we know but little ; 

 it has only of late been added to the list of our British Birds, 

 and appears to be nowhere frequent on the Continent. It is 

 said to breed in the holes of rocks, walls, and trees, and to lay 

 five or six eggs. These are of a purer and more perfect white 

 than any other egg which I have seen. Fig. 2. To the libe- 

 rality of Mr. Doubleday I am indebted for a specimen of this 

 rare egg ; as well as to Mr. Yarrell, for the loan of one fi-om 

 which to draw, 



A fine male specimen of the Tythis Redstart was shot there, 

 on the 19th of December last, during the formation of the 

 Clifton Zoological Gardens. It was in company with some 

 Stonechats, and was fat and in good condition. 



PHCENICURA SUECICA. (Seiby.) 

 Blue-Throated Redstart. 



The only specimen of this beautiful bird which has been 

 noticed in this country, was killed on the Town Moor of 

 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and is now amongst the other rarities 

 of their rich museum. Acerbi mentions his having found 

 several of the nests, with eggs of this bird, on the banks of 

 the river Jeres, at the head of the Gulf of Bothnia. It is also 

 an inhabitant of some parts of Norway. In that portion of 

 the country which we traversed, it is rare, and only once 

 afforded us the satisfaction of seeing it, and then under cir- 

 cumstances which I can nexev think of without pleasure. 



