MOTACILLA PHCENICURUS, 



REDSTART. 



Generic Character. iJ^f Motacilla lufcinia. 

 Synonyms. 



IvfoTAciLLA Phcenicurus. Lhi. Syft, 1. p. 335. 34. 



Silvia • M, Orn, 2. 511. 15- 



Redstart. £r. ZooL 1.146. lb, fol tab. S.fig. 



6. 7. Ar5}, Zool, 2. p. 416. 



Lath. Syn, 4. 421. 11. Mont. 



Orn. Di^. Vol. 2. Bewick's Br. Birds^ 



Ft. 1. p. 219. 



T H E weight of this fpecies rather excdeds half an ounce, 

 it is fix inches iti length and eight and a half in breadth. 

 Bill fhort ; irides hazel ; legs and claws flender. The female 

 is light brown where the male is grey, and the other colours 

 i^re confiderably duller than in the male. 



This is a migratory fpecies, arriving in this coiintry from 

 the 11th of April till the 2d of May, and quitting from 

 the 20th of September to the 8th or 12th of Odober. On its 

 appearing, it begins to fmg ; its note is pleafing though not 

 of very long duration, and will frequently continue to fmg at 

 intervals the night through, whilft the female is incubating ; 

 as foon as the young are excluded, it becomes filent, and is 

 feldom heard to utler more than its c^U from the 9th of June 



till 



