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MOTACILLA PHCENICURUS. 



Lin. Syst. 335. 



THE REDSTART. 



PLATE LIII. 



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X he bill is black at the point, of a dusky flesh colour 

 at the base ; the eyes black ; the inside of the mouth 

 yellow. The brow, just above the bill, is black ; the 

 forehead white ; the throat and cheeks black ; the 

 crown of the head, shoulders, and back, a dark lead 

 colour. The lower parts of the back and covert feath- 

 ers of the tail, orange colour ; as are also the breast 

 and the tail, except the two middle feathers. The 

 wings are a dusky brown ; the belly and thighs, white ; 

 the legs and feet black. 



The hen differs in colours from the cock, in want- 

 ing the white on the forehead ; and the space of the 

 throat, which is black in the cock, is of a mixed brown 

 and yellow in the hen. The head and back are of an 

 olive brown, and the belly of a pale dusky yellow. In 

 all these parts where the cock is red, the hen also is 

 red, but of a duller hue. 



The black and yellow fly, on the plate, is the 

 Conops Macrocephalus of Linnaeus ; it has no English 

 name. I have met with it about willow trees, in 

 moist places ; but it is not common. 



