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TITHYS REDSTART. 
Mr Gould’s specimen was got in October, one 
near Bristol in December, and another in Devon- 
shire in January. In its habits it is said to 
resemble the last species, frequenting rocky de- 
files, and being rather abundant in mountainous 
districts, breeding in clefts of rocks, or in walls, 
even frequenting villages, and using the crevices 
in the buildings as nestling places. Temminck 
gives the Morea, and Mr Strickland the bare 
rocky hills near Smyrna, as portions of its range. 
The food also consists of berries, fruits, or insects- 
The song is clear, but not extensive, and it has a 
call note, uttered as it moves from place to place. 
In all it is more allied to the Stonechats than the 
last. 
In the male, the chin, throat, sides of the neck, 
and breast, shading into bluish gray on the belly, 
and having the lower feathers of the black mar- 
gined with the same colour. The head and back are 
dark bluish gray, shaded into the black of the neck. 
The quills are blackish gray, having the greater 
covers and tertials margined with grayish white. 
The centre tail feathers are umber brown, the 
others, with the rump and upper tail coverts, 
orange red. The female has the whole of the 
body of a yellowish gray colour, the quills and 
secondaries of a deeper shade, margined with 
pale yellowish brown ; the under tail coverts pale 
orange ; the tail the same colour as in the 
male.* 
* Illustrations of Ornithology. Descrip, to pi. LXXXV. 
