YLVIA PHGENICURUS, 
REDSTART. 
Generic Character. See Sylvia luscinia. 
Synonyms. 
Sylvia Phoenicurus. Ind.Orn. 2. p. 511. 15. 
MoTAciLLA Phcenicurus. LlTl. Si/st. 1. p. 335. 34. 
Redstart. Br. Zool. 1. 146. Ib.foL 99. tab. S. Jig, 
6. 7. Arct. Zool. 2. p. 416. 
Z«^A. 4. p. 4:21. 11. c/libw;, 
0?^n. D2*c^. Vol. 2. Bewick's Br, 
Birds, PL 1. jp. 319. 
Egg. Ovarium Brit. Pt. 1. 
weight of this species ratter exceeds half* an buiiee* 
it is six inches in length and eight and a half in breadth. 
Bill short ; irides hazel ; legs and claws slender. The fe- 
male is light brown where the male is grey, and the other 
colours are considerably duller than in the male. 
This is a migratory species, arriving in this country from 
the 11th of April till the 2nd of May, and quitting from 
the 20th of September to the 8th or I2th of October. On its 
appearing, it begins to sing ; its note is pleasing though not 
<)f very long duration, and will frequently continue to sing 
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