REDSTART— BLACK REDSTART. 
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Genus — Ruticilla. 
11. Ruticilla p/icenictu'us. Redstart. 
FiRETAIL. 
A summer visitor. 
It arrives in the middle of April and leaves in 
September. In the New Forest it is fairly plentiful, but 
is not very common in other parts of the county or in the 
Isle of Wight ; in some localities it appears only on migra- 
tion, and Kelsall has noticed the sudden appearance in 
late summer of numerous redstarts in gardens both in the 
New Forest and Isle of Wight. 
Gilbert White ^ speaks of its song as " superior, though 
somewhat like that of the whitethroat ; some birds have 
a few more notes than others. Sitting very placidly on 
the top of a tall tree in a village, the cock sings from 
morning to night ; he affects neighbourhoods, and avoids 
solitude, and loves to build in orchards, and about houses ; 
with us he perches on the vane of a tall maypole." 
Mr. V. Willett has procured a specimen from St. 
Catherine's Lighthouse, in the Isle of Wight, on September 
24th, 1892. 
12. Ruticilla titys. Black Redstart. 
An uncommon winter visitor. 
In the Hart collection at Christchurch are specimens 
procured on November 4th, 1875 ; October 22nd, 1881 ; 
* Letter xl. to Pennant. Selborne. September 2nd, 1774. 
