. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 168 BIRDS OF AMERICA trunk lo snap up an insect which it; have delected. Thes, ''.''•-•n- like sharp eyes saHies may. I by H. K. Job FEMALE REDSTART ON HER NEST account for its pretty habit of keeping its tail s])read and its wings half ojjen and vibrating slightly even as it dances along a limb. "Anyone familiar with the woods in sum- mer," says Mr. Parkhurst, " will recognize in this the fiery little Redstart — a name corrupted from ' redstert,' meaning red tail, this portion of the plumage being doubly noticeable from the amount of
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 168 BIRDS OF AMERICA trunk lo snap up an insect which it; have delected. Thes, ''.''•-•n- like sharp eyes saHies may. I by H. K. Job FEMALE REDSTART ON HER NEST account for its pretty habit of keeping its tail s])read and its wings half ojjen and vibrating slightly even as it dances along a limb. "Anyone familiar with the woods in sum- mer," says Mr. Parkhurst, " will recognize in this the fiery little Redstart — a name corrupted from ' redstert,' meaning red tail, this portion of the plumage being doubly noticeable from the amount of reddish-yellow upon it, and from the bird's habit of keeping it partly spread as it moves from limb to limb. The wings and sides of the breast also have a dash of flame color, intensified by the otherwise lustrous black of the male, whereas the female — well, she looks as anyone would be supposed to look, arrayed in goods warranted not to wash. If the male Red- start is a fiery coal, the female is a trail of ashes in his ; {The Birds' Calendar.) Unlike the Blackburnian Warbler, his rival in color, whose happy hunting ground is the tree- tops where he is hard to find and harder to fol- low, the Redstart shows a decided partiality for shrubbery and low-hanging foliage near dwell- ings, wherefore he is much the more frequently and plainly seen of the two. Indeed, either his confidence or his concentration on his work often causes him to dart down and snatch an insect from the ground at the very feet of the astonished and delighted observer. Like the vocal efforts of most of the Warblers, the song of the Redstart is a lisping and rather unmusical effort, composed generally of the rapid reiteration of syllables like zuee and see or see. In fact, the bird seems to be altogether too busy to sing a real song. PAINTED REDSTART Setophaga picta Sicainson A. n. U. Number 688 General Description.— Length, 514 inches. Fore and upper part>. black ; under parts, red: pa
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