Ad. REDSTART. 
and dusky brown; back, pale reddish brown, tinged with pale 
grey on each feather. Greater and lesser wing coverts, broadly 
edged with pale brown; tail and tail coverts, rufous. At the 
end of the summer, the edges of the feathers being worn, 
the back becomes more grey, the black and the red less 
edged, and the wings and tail lighter. 
A variety of a white colour was shot by Martin Curtler, 
Esq., of Bevere House, Worcester, in June, 1849. 
