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AMERICAN REDSTART 



and the back is more tinged with brown ; the lateral tail feathers 

 are also yellow; middle ones brownish black; inside of the wings 

 yellow. On the third season they receive their complete colors; 

 and as males of the second year, in nearly the dress of the female, 

 are often seen in the woods, having the same notes as the full 

 plumaged male, it has given occasion to some people to assert, 

 that the females sing as well as the males; and others have taken 

 them for another species. The fact, however, is as I have stated 

 it. This bird is too little known by people in general to have any 

 provincial name. 



