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AMERICAN REDSTART. 
low; middle ones brownish black; inside of the wings yellow. 
On the third season they receive their complete colours; and as 
males of the second year, in nearly the dress of the female, are 
often seen in the woods, having the same notes as the full plu- 
maged male, it has given occasion to some people to assert, that 
the females sing as well as the males; and others have taken 
them for another species. The fact, however, is as I have stated 
it. This bird is too little known by people in general to have 
any provincial name. 
