500 



REDSTART WARBLER. Class II. 



" hominum excogitavit : ut non sit dubium banc sviavitatem prs- 

 " monstratam efficaci auspicio, cum in ore Stesichori cecinit in- 

 *' fantis. Ac ne quis dubitet artis esse, plures singulis suntcan- 

 " tus, nee iidem omnibus, sed sui cuique. Certant inter se, 

 " palamque animosa contentio est. Victa morte finit saepe 

 *' vitam, spiritu prius deficiente, quam cantu. Meditantur aliae 

 " juniores, versusque quos imitentur accipiunt. Audit discipula 

 " intentione magna et reddit, vicibusque reticent. Intelligitur 

 ** emendatas correctio et in docente quasdam reprehensio."* 



The nightingale arrives in Italj/ at the end 

 of i^pril, and disappears in September. 



2. Redstart. Sylvia. Phoenicurus. S. gula 



nigra, abdomine caudaque 

 . lufis, capite dorsoque canis, 



fronte alba. Lath. Ind. orn. 



511. id. Sijn. iv. 421. 

 Le Ptossignol de Muraille. Be- 



lon av. 347' 

 Ruticilla, sive Phoenicurus 



(Sommerotele) Gemer av. 



731. 

 Aldr. av. ii. 327. 

 Codorosso. Olina, 47- 

 Wil. orn. 218, 

 Rail Syn. av. 78. 

 Ruticilla. Brisson av. iii. 403. 

 Rossisnol de murailles. Hist. 



d'ois. V. 170. PL Enl. 351. 



f. 1.2. 

 Culo ranzo, Culo rosso. Zi- 



nan. 53. Scopoli, No 232. 

 Motacllla Phoenicuras. Gm. 



Lin. 987- 

 Rodstjert. Faim. Suec. sp. 257. 

 Norvegis Blod-fugl. Dani^ 



Roed-stiert. Brunnich, 280. 

 Schwartzkehlein (Blackthroat) 



Frisch, i. IQ- 

 Waldrothschweiffl. Kram. 



376. 

 Br. Zool. 99- plate S. f. 6. 7. 



Arct. Zool. ii. 112. 



J- HIS also appears among us only in the spring 

 and summer, and is observed to come over 



* Plin. lib. X. c 2Q. 



