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TIm.' Eiir-tpean Rnl.iin (^f(>f. rnhcada, Lin.)-— Olivf-broAvn Jibovf. throat nrnl breast oranp:r-'-rcr], sligbtty liordpred 

 ^vitli ash-colour, the belly white: young mottled brown. [We have seen a vc-ry similar species, bat witli dillereutly 

 formed bill, from Trebizond ; and there is another closely allied, from Jap:iri,] 



The Blue-throated Fantail (Mot. meclca,\:\x\.\ [Cyaneada suecica, Brehm].)~Brown above, with a brilliant 

 bUir throat, in the middle of which is a rufous spot, [which disappears with a^e. This bird has been separated 

 with propriety, and differs remarkably from the otlicrs in its g:ait, always runnint^ by alternate motion of the feet, 

 like a Waj^^tail, instead of hopping ; when running' tliu^, it spreads out its tail from time to time like a fan. It is 

 only an accidental visitant in Britain. 



The following are referrible to the Ruticilla, Brehra ; Phanicurus, Swains.] 



The White-fronted Redstart (Mot. pha-iiicurus, Lin.).— Grey above, with a black throat and white forehead, the 

 under parts, rump, and all but the middle pair of tail-feathers, bright ferrugineous. [Female browner, with tail 

 and rump similar to the male; young spotted. Tliisis a common summer visitant in many parts of Britain, inha- 

 biting the vicinity- of large hollow trees, ivied ruins, dilapidated garden-walls, &c. Like most of the present 

 group, it generally sings perched on some high pinnacle. Its note is plaintive and little varied]. 



The Black Redstart (.1/^^^ en/fhacusy tlthis, gihralierlensi^, and airaluy Gm.)— [Rather larger than the precedbig, 

 with longer wings : no red underneath, and rarely any trace of white on the forehead. It is more confined to 

 rocky places and great buildings than the other, and is very rare in the British islands, where, however, it does 

 not appear to be migratory. The young of this sjiecies are not mottled. It is an inferior songster. 



There are several others, all from the eastern hemisphere. 



The Peiroica, Swains., comprehends some nearly allied species from Australia. Others, with shorter legs, and 

 rather stouter bills, conspicuous for the bright azure of their upper parts, compose the Sial'ia of the same system- 

 atist, and are found only in America. These and many other named subdivisions, including the rhaniicorns and 

 MoucheroUes, pass, however, in every possible way, into each other. They grade, as already noticed, from llie 

 Pftrociiichc ; the tme Robins form a closely-allied subdivision, Geucinc/a of Gould.] 



The Fau'S'ettes {Curruca, Beclist.) — 

 Have the bill straight, slender, and :>lic;lilly cunipresscd in fruiit ; the ridge of the upper mandible 

 curving 

 Thci 



a little towards tlic li[). 

 lost celebrated bird of this 



iubgenus [but which assuredly doi 



. S7.— Tlic Ni|ilitij.ir-Llc. 



'd in captivity with a female of that species. 



not belong to it] is 



The Nightingale {Mot. Imcinia, Lin.), of 

 a russet-brown above, whitish brown on the 

 lower parts, with a rufous tint on the tail. 

 Every one is acquainted with this songster 

 of the night, the varied and melodious notes 

 of which resound through the woods. It 

 nestles upon trees, [always on or near the 

 grninid, among decayed leaves], and sings 

 only till its young are excluded. 



Thei e is a rather larger species in the east 

 (if I'Airope, with obscure spots on the breast 

 {Mut. phihnitla, Rechst.).— [These birds 

 have no particular affinity with the follow- 

 ing, but are essentially small slender 

 Thrushes, almost inseparably allied to Tur- 

 (ins minor and some others from \oi1h 

 America. They have much longer limbs 

 than the Fauvettes, seek their food princi- 

 pally on the ground, among decaying leaves, 

 and the young are in their tirst plumage 

 mottled, as in the true Thrushes, which is 

 not the case willi the following. The 

 Conimim or Plain-bi'easted Nightingale has 

 verynmch the same manners as a Robin, and 

 is equally pugnacious ; wc have known it 

 Tlic Nightingales constitute the Phiiomvla^ Swains., Lu-scinia, 



to bn 

 Brehni.] 



Other species, more imrticularly known as Fauvettes, have almost always an agreeable song, and sprightly 

 habits. They are continually flitting about in pursuit of insects, niditicate in bushes, and the greater number of 

 them frequent watery situations, among the reeds, &;c. [Such as do so fall, for the most part, under the natui-al 

 divisiuN Sirlirariii, and are very distinct from the othrrs ; they ba\e a peculiar liabbling song, and are exclusively 

 insectivorous. 

 Some of them have proportionally large bills, and strealdess plumage, dark above, paler underneath. Such are] 

 I'iie Great Babbler {Turdue anmdbiacem, Lin. ; Si/hua turdoides, Tern.). — Rather less than a Redwing", aiul 



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