AMERICAN REDSTART. 
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AJIERICAN BEDSTAIVT. 
“ » PL.LTE VI. PIG. VI ADULT MALE. — EDINBU 
been classed by several of our 
no ornithologists among the warblers, yet 
^>Uscir ^be characteristics of the genus 
of*D° More decisively marked ; and, in fact, it is 
^buo.sti Most expert flycatchers of its tribe. It is 
Partv motion; and will pursue aretreating 
almost* "**** trom the tops of the tallest trees, in an 
^oum) but zig-zag direction, to the 
and the clicking of its bilHs distinctly heard ; 
doubt 
^"bts*** •descent of three or four seconds. 
these* b“t it often secures ten or twelve of 
for 
to 
a few 
It then 
on an adjoining branch, traverses it lengthwise 
10 . Moments, flirting its expanded tail from side 
’Mex suddenly shoots off, in a direction quite 
a great fresh game, which it can discover at 
®ad sn .• notes, or twitter, though animated 
someti*'^*' deserving the name of song ; 
‘lUarter^*f tceese, weese, weese, repeated every 
at othe t' ** Minute, as it skips among the branches ; 
"'hich I .^bis twitter varies to several other chants, 
instantly distinguish in the woods, but 
h>rest ti I " to imitate. The interior of the 
®0'’creil , *'*1®*"® ot swamps and meadows, deep glens 
there +)'" V and wherever flying insects abound, 
'‘Ppeara i'ttlc bird is sure to be seen. It makes its 
■^Pril • Pennsylvania, from the south, late in 
^epteml** . again about the beginning of 
^Mited sT’l “ generally found over the whole 
its Wav to .b®® been taken at sea, in the tall, on 
islands ''?u Domingo,* and other of the West India 
®Rr LI,’,.?' .it winters, f along with many more of 
"'hero it psit.auts. It is also found in Jamaica, 
•ere it remaias all winter. 
Edwards. 
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f Sloane. 
