PHCENICURA TETHYS, nobis. 

 Tethys Redstart. 



PLATE LXXXVI. Figs. 1. & 2. 



P. Mas. supra cinerescente-canescens, genis, gula pectoreque nigris, abdomine 

 medio albido, uropygio crissoque rufis, cauda rufa, duabus rectricibus inter- 

 mediis fuscis rufo marginatis, rostro pedibusque nigris. 

 Fcem. Toto corpore fusco-cinereo, crisso rufescente, cauda sicut maris, 



Sylvia Tethys, Lath. Ind. Orn. t. 2. 512. 16 — Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 1. 218. 

 Bee-fin rouge jeune, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 2. 218. 



This species has lately been added to the list of the British Fauna, and, 

 on that account, we are induced, without farther delay, to give a represen- 

 tation of the two sexes. Upon the continent, as in Switzerland, Germany, 

 and other northern countries, it is diffusely spread, inhabiting mountainous 

 and rocky situations, and, like its congener the Phamicura ruticilla, it fre- 

 quently resorts to the outbuildings and walls which surround the old and 

 desolated castles of these regions. In its general appearance it bears a 

 great resemblance to the common Redstart, as indeed do all the species of 

 this group, which we have separated from the extensive genus Sylvia of 

 Latham. In their manners, they approach pretty closely to some of the 

 genera comprising the subfamily of Saxicolina, but this group, placed at 

 the confines of the subfamily of Sylviana, seems to connect it with these 

 warblers. 



The base of the bill, region of the eyes, the sides of the neck, the throat 

 and breast, are black, the feathers of the latter margined with grey ; the 

 middle of belly is greyish-white ; the sides and flanks blackish-grey ; the 

 head, nape of neck, the back, and wing-coverts, are bluish-grey ; the 

 quills blackish-grey ; the secondaries and tertials margined with grey- 

 ish-white ; the upper and under tail-coverts are brownish-orange ; the tail 

 has the two middle feathers dark brown, edged with orange, the rest are 

 bright brownish-orange ; the bill and legs are black. 



The female has the whole of the body of a yellowish-grey colour, the quills 



b 2 



