The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . eii-ceplialus ridihuiidus: so called from its red legs:more fully called iff/.s/i«iii- i/ull and red-leij;jedifull or meir.—4. /). A name given in contemptto Scottish Highlanders, and formerly to native European Redstart {Futuilla fhtrniettral. lated to the redbreast and bluethroat. .K\fn firctnil, red-tail, etc. A similar species, /{. litys or tilliys, is known asthe Mack redstart. (6) In the Inited States, a fly-catchingwarbler, Seliphaya mticilla. of the f
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . eii-ceplialus ridihuiidus: so called from its red legs:more fully called iff/.s/i«iii- i/ull and red-leij;jedifull or meir.—4. /). A name given in contemptto Scottish Highlanders, and formerly to native European Redstart {Futuilla fhtrniettral. lated to the redbreast and bluethroat. .K\fn firctnil, red-tail, etc. A similar species, /{. litys or tilliys, is known asthe Mack redstart. (6) In the Inited States, a fly-catchingwarbler, Seliphaya mticilla. of the family .^.i/fni- .Vniotiltidir. The nude is lustrous blue black, withwhite lielly and vent, the sides of the linast, the lining ofthe wings, and much of the of the wing- and tail-fcatbei-s lleiT orange or tlanu-color, the bill and feetblack. Ihe fennde is nmstly plain olivaceous, with theparts which are orange in the male clear pale length is Si inches, the extent 7i|. This beautifulbird abounds in woodland in eastern North America; itis migratory and insectivorous, has a singular song, builds redstart. American Redstart [Setpffiaf^a ruticilta). a neat nest in the fork of a branch, and lays four or fiveegffs. which are white, speckled with shades of reddishbrown. - Blue-throated redstart, ?anie as (riMistrOk). «. 1. A sort of apple,so called froiu the color of the skin. Tile redstreak, of all cyder fruit, bath obtained thepreference. Mortimer, Husbandrj. 2. Ciller pressed from redstreak apples. Herefordshire redstreak made of rotten apples at theThree Cranes, true Brunswick Mum brewd at S. Kath-erines. Character of a Co/ee-kmtse (1673), p, 3. (HatliicelL) redtail (redtal), n. and a. I. v. 1. Same asirilsffii-t («).— 2. The red-tailed buzzard, Buteohurcalis, one of the commonest and largesthawks of North America, when adult havingthe upper side of the tail bright plumage otherwise is very variable, not only wi
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