The Redstart 
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eccentric, absurd, but inspired with a “fine 
frenzy,” which is a passionate love for his mate 
and their nest, all his queer notes and equally 
queer stunts centre about his home. On moon- 
light nights, Punchinello entertains himself and 
Columbine with a series of inimitable perfor- 
mances which have earned him the title of 
yellow mockingbird. He can throw his voice 
so that it seems to come from quite a different 
direction, as you may sometime have heard a 
human ventriloquist do. 
THE REDSTART 
When this exquisite little warbler flashes his 
brilliant salmon flame and black feathers among 
the trees, darting hither and thither, fluttering, 
spinning about in the air after insects caught 
chiefly on the wing, you will surely agree that 
he is the most beautiful as well as the most 
lively bird in the woods. The colour scheme 
of his clothes suggests the Baltimore oriole’s, 
only the flaming feathers on the sides of his 
body, wings, and tail are a pinker shade of flame, 
and the black ones which cover his back, 
throat, and upper breast, are more glossy, with 
bluish reflections. Underneath he is white, 
tinged with salmon. But you could not pos- 
sibly mistake this lovely little sprite for the 
oriole, he is so much smaller — ^about an inch 
