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THE AMERICAN REDSTART. 
L\iertes’ tine drawing illustrates the male (1) and female (2) 
of this lieantifiil bird. One of a large group of wood-warblers, ex- 
amples of which ( Blackburnian, Maryland yellow-throat, C'hest- 
nut-sided, and Yellow-rumped ) are shown in color, d'he male is 
striking, not onh-^ on account of his brilliant coloring, but also on 
account of his conspicuousness, since he is extremely active 
and this activity coupled with the above mentioned brilliancy 
of coloring, makes him an object to catch the eye of even 
an indifferent observer. As if conscious of his beauty (breast, 
head, and back a deep, lustrous black ; long wing-feathers at 
base a rich salmon ; about half of the outer tail feathers, sides 
of breast, and bod}^ beneath wings dee]) salmon) he is continually 
spreading and flirting his tail, extending his wings, and making- 
short bights from the trees seeking insects, much after the man- 
ner of our common fly-catchers, ddie female is much duller-col- 
ored, gTeenish-gray on head and back and yellowish where the 
male is salmon. 
