PwWAT FE xXx, 
Albin, 1. pl. 50. 
Penn. Br. Zool. 1. No. 146. 
——— Arch. Zool. 
0 GagtheGen, Sytis. Aor Ab. 
Le Roffignol de Muraille, Brif: Orn. 3. p. 403. No. 15 
Buff. Gif. 5s pe 170.—pl. 6. fy 2. 
Sepa 35 1. fie. 1.2. 

Codoroffo. Olina, 47. 
Culo ranzo, Culo roffo. Kinan. 53.—Scap. No. 232. 
Roditjert. Faun. Suec. /p. 357- 
Norvegis Blod-fugl. Danis Roed-ftierts. Brunnich 280. 
Schwartzkehlein (Black-throat) Frifch. 1. 19. 
Waldrothfchweiffl. Kram. 376. 

This pretty fpecies is very common in the fummer. It is migra- 
tory; vifiting this country in the fpring, and departing again in 
autumn; but does not leave the warmer parts of Europe fo early. 
The neft is ufually made in the hollows of broken walls, or old trees: 
it is compofed of mofs, with a lining of pent and feathers; and con- 
tains four,’ fometimes five eggs, of a light blue colour; and in other 
refpects refembling thofe of the Hedge Sparrow, except that they are 
rather more elongated at the fmalleft end. This bird is fo very fhy 
that if the eggs are only touched it forfakes the neft entirely. 
The Redftart is rather fmaller than the Redbreaft ; meafuring about 
five inches. The male is known by the chin, cheeks, and throat 
being black: in the female the chin is white; and the red colour of | 
the breaft is paler than in the male. It has one very peculiar habit, 
when 
