KDSTART. 
RVTICILLA VIKENICVRA. 
Phis biightly pluniaged and attractive species is only a summer visitor to the British Islands The Redstart 
ut a few stragglers have taken their departure before the end of September. The latest entry in my 
note-books concerning this species I find under date of September 11 1871 nn rvl • i i r ^ 
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expected from the nature of’ its hal2 “t tl'nirfoundTn tte lrded‘ porttons 7nhrcl*y" In llm T 
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returning south for the winter. In Norfolk it is not ^ou^^rds their summer quarters or 
in the vicinity of Norwich My attention hns 1 remarked the birds especially numerous 
by the bright colours of ^ma^^Vc^l " ron ; lal" 7 t “ 
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of nonVL"htr^^^^^^^ -- I am aware 
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a grape which had been flung to a brood of youn>r’Bla kl ■‘opped off with 
collected at certain hours in quest of what might beVovidcd'for’the: 
be su^lllrste'lt a7a “Ite usTori T“ « «'l 
young in somewhat eccentric situations. Some ylrs^a*: noTer 
of the Osprey’s nest on the old castle of Loch-an-Rilnn • t ^ building in the foundation 
of the structure had been banished by frequent persecutio the rightful owners 
to the same situation since the return of the Ospreys to. their oldTuartTrr* ““ “““ 
in order. a::i7:7:Tatd°::„e:e:7fS^^^^ t‘r““ "" P^laimed in print, 
to these and other interesting birds of prey Thouf^h tl effectual protection 
