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^he Blue-throat Redstart. 
T his Bird is bigger than the common Redjlart ; it’s of the Size 
here exprefs’d ; for Shape, like other fmall Birds of this Kind. I 
have leen a Drawing of it from Holland or Germany^ which was named 
Blau-kehle, which is Blue-throaty and it being fo near of Kin to the Red- 
Jlarty I have given it the above Name. The Bill is firaight, moderately 
long and {lender, of a black Colour; the upper-fide of the Head, Neck, 
Back and Wings, is of a dark^ dirty Brown, the Edges of the Feathers 
being lighter ; above the Eye paffes a Line of dirty Orange-colour ; 
from the Corner of the Mouth under the Eye, paffes another Line of the 
lame Colour ; beneath this palles a narrow Line of faint Blue ; the 
Throat, from the Bill downward, is white ; on the lower Part of the 
Neck is a Spot of Blue like a Half-moon, the Corners pointing upwards ; 
the beginiiing of the Breaft, for a fmall Space, is of an Orange-colour, 
narrower in the Middle, reaching a little farther down on the Sides ; 
the remainder of the Breaft, Belly, Thighs, and Covert- feathers under 
the Tail is white ; the two middle Feathers of the Tail are dark Brown, 
the other Feathers on each Side are Orange-colour with blackifh Tips 
half an Inch deep; the Covert- feathers on the upper Side of the Tail 
are of a dirty Orange-colour ; the Legs, Feet, and Claws are brown. 
I had this Bird of Mr. Catesby ; it was fent from Gibraltar to him. 
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