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REDSTART WARBLER. 



(S}'lvia Phcenicurus.) 



Sy. gula nigrat abdomine caudaque rujis, capite dorsoque cam. 

 Warbler with a black throat, red belly and tail, and hoary head 

 and back. 



Sylvia Phcenicurus. Lath. Ind, Orn. 2. 511. 15. 



Motacilla Phcenicurus. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 335. 34. — Lin. Faun, 



Suec. 257. — Gmeh Syst. Nat, 1. 987. 

 Ruticilla. Raii. Syn, 78. a. 5. — Briss, Orn. 3. 403. 15. 

 Rossignol de muraille. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. 170. pi. Q.f. 2. 



--Buff. PI. Enl. 331. f. 1. 2.— Buff, Hist. Prov. 1. 501. 

 Redstart. Pen. Brit. Zool. 1. 146. — Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 4l6. e. 



— Will. Aug. 218.^ Albin. Birds. 1. pi. 50.— Hayes. Brit. 



Birds, pi. 40. — Lath, Gen. Syn, 4. 421. 11. — Lexvin. Brit. 



Birds, 3, pi. 108. — Don. Brit. Birds. 4. pi. 82. — Betvick. Brit. 



Birds. 1. 208.— Mow^. Orn. Diet. 2. — Mont. Sup. 



The Redstart is five inches and a half in length : 

 its beak and legs are black : irides hazel : fore- 

 head white : crown of the head, hind part of the 

 neck, and back, deep blueish grey: cheeks and 

 throat black : the breast, sides, and rump, rusty 

 red : quills and two middle tail-feathers brown ; 

 the rest of the tail-feathers red : female light 

 brown, with a dash of grey on the head and back : 

 the chin is whitish : the red is not so bright as the 

 male. 



The Redstart is far from a shy bird, as it will 

 often build its nest and rear its young in some 

 hole of a wall where persons are continually pass- 

 ing, but upon being disturbed will immediately 



