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7he Small American Redstart. 
T H E Figure of this Bird here reprefented is of its natural Size ; The Bill is 
ftreight and flender, but fomething broad from Corner to Corner of the Mouth, 
of a Dufky Colour, paler toward the Head, and black at the Point ; the Bads of the 
upper Mandible has on each Side black Hairs or Bridles 5 the Head, Neck, Back and 
Wings without Side, are Black, except the Bottoms of the Qiaills,' which are Orange- 
Colour 5 tho’ the fmalled Quills next the Back arc all Blackj the Sides, and all the 
covert Feathers within Side of the Wings, are of a bright Orange-Colour, which be- 
ing one of his greateft Beauties, I have given him an Action on Purpofe to fhew it : 
The Black from the lower Part of the Neck extends in a blunt Point into the Bread, 
from whence proceeds a white Lift along the Belly, which becomes broader by 
Degrees ; fo that the Thighs, lower Belly, and covert Feathers under the Tail, are 
White, except a few black Spots in the hinder Part of the Belly : when the Wings 
are clofed there is feen a good deal of Orange on the Breaft 5 the two middle 
Feathers of the Tail are wholly Black ; all the Side Feathers are Orange-Colour 
at their Bottoms, and Black at their Tips ; the Legs, Feet, and Claws, are black. 
Mr. Cowell^ Surgeon, in Lombard-Street, obliged me with a Sight of this Bird ; 
he received it from "Jamaica, with fome others. I find in Sir Hans Sloajie"^ Hiftory 
of Jamaica a Defcription of this Bird, but no Figure, You may find it by the Name 
of the fmall Black and Orange-colour' d Bird, VoL II. Pa. 312. Mr. Catesby in his Na- 
tural Hiftory of Carolina has mentioned it alfo, VoL I. Pa. 6 y. where you will find a 
Figure of it. He fays, '' Thefe Birds frequent the fliady Wood of Virgi?iia, and are 
feen only in Summer, and that the Hens are Brown.” He calls it the Redflart, 
whofe Example I have taken, as I think the Name very proper ; Sir Hans Shane 
has given it no EngliJJo Name. Seeing it is a Bird of Palfage in Virginia, I fuppofe 
it may be fo too in Jamaica, which may be perhaps its Winter Habitation ; but of 
this I have received no Account. This Plate was finifhed, and the Colouring far 
advanced, before I recolledled the Bird to be in Mr. Catesby' s Works 5 otherwife I 
fliould have omitted it : But I hope it will not be altogether loft Labour, fince there 
are many Encouragers of this Work who have not been Purchafers of Mr. Catesby's 
Natural Hiftory. 
The Butterjly here figur’d was given rne by Mr. Peter Colinfou', it 'was brought from 
Montferrat in the PVeft-Indies : It is Black, fpotted with Yellow, having no other Co- 
lours on the upper Side, except two fmall red Spots in each of the fhorter Wings 
near the Body of the Fly ; the under Side hath all the fame Marks, but, inftead of 
Yellow, they are of a dirty Rofe-Colour; and the Ground or black Part is beneath 
of a dirty Brown. 
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