THE REDSTART. 93 



When taken old, this bird is of so sullen 

 a disposition that it can seldom be reared, 

 and if ever you should succeed in that point 

 it will be long before he begins to sing. The 

 young' bird, as I have before observed, may 

 be taken when ten days old, and must be 

 reared and managed with exactly the same 

 food, and in the same manner as the night- 

 ingale and robin. 



In its wild state the redstart feeds on 

 worms, insects, the eggs and larvae of in- 

 sects, wild berries, &c. and it is said takes 

 its name from the peculiar manner in which 

 it shakes its tail from side to side when it 

 alights. 



