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THE BLACK REDSTART. 
Phenicura tithys. 
Phenicura tithys, Tithys Redstart, SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 193. 
Sylvia ss Black Redtail, JEnyns, Brit. Vert. p. 105. 
Ficedula Ss »  Ledstart, Eyton, Rarer Brit. Birds, p. 7. 
Phenicura 5, as 5 Gou cp, Birds of Europe, pt. viii. 
Sylvia 5 Bec-fin Rouge queue, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. vol. i. p. 218. 
Tue Brack Repsrart, which is at once distinguished 
from the well-known and common Redstart, last described, 
by being sooty black on the breast and belly where the 
other is reddish brown, was first made known as an occa- 
sional visitor to this country by Mr. Gould, who recorded 
the occurrence and capture of a specimen near London in 
October 1829: and another example has since been seen in 
the Regent’s Park. In 1830, two other specimens were 
obtained ; one at Bristol, the other at Brighton. In 
