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tinent of Europe, from all accounts, it is generally 
spread, apparently in greater numbers than in 
Britain. It occurs also more sparingly in the 
northern European countries, extending to Nor- 
way and Sweden, and reaches also to Siberia, 
but we have no record of it beyond the Asiatic 
frontier. Temminck includes it among the 
Japanese birds. 
THE TITHYS REDSTART. 
Phoenicura tithjs. — Jardine and Selby. 
PLATE VI. 
Motacilla tithys, Linn Sylvia titkys and Gibraltariensis, 
Lath Phoenicura tithys, Lard, and Selby. — Tithys 
Redstart of British authors. 
Mr Gould first added this European species as an 
occasional visitant, to our Fauna in 1829. Since, 
a few specimens in different localities, chiefly 
southern, have occurred, and it has been at least 
once met with in Ireland. In the northern parts 
of England, or in Scotland, however, it has not 
yet occurred. In the north of Europe, it is also 
recorded as rare, but increases in numbers towards 
the south, where it remains during the year. On 
the Continent, it is a summer bird of passage, 
and it is curious that most of the specimens 
obtained in this country were procured either in 
the depth of winter, or late in autumn. Thus, 
