. A history of British birds . e males, but thecolours are neither so pure nor so bright. The 3oung in their nestling plumage a good deal resemblethose of the Redbreast, except on the rump and tail, whichare of a dull rufous, being dusky brown above, with a palespot upon each feather : wing-coverts broadly edged with palebrown ; breast mottled with yellowish and dusky brown. Young males of the year after their autumn moult, andadult males in winter have the black and bay parts of thethroat and breast varied with white lines; no white on theforehead of the young males; and the body above is pal
. A history of British birds . e males, but thecolours are neither so pure nor so bright. The 3oung in their nestling plumage a good deal resemblethose of the Redbreast, except on the rump and tail, whichare of a dull rufous, being dusky brown above, with a palespot upon each feather : wing-coverts broadly edged with palebrown ; breast mottled with yellowish and dusky brown. Young males of the year after their autumn moult, andadult males in winter have the black and bay parts of thethroat and breast varied with white lines; no white on theforehead of the young males; and the body above is palereddish-brown, tinged with grey. From the Anglo-Saxon steort, a tail, or (as shewn by thewell-known Start in Devonshire) a point of land, we have thesecond syllable of this birds name, which means simply red tail. Therefore those writers who call the speciesnext to be described the Blackstart are guilty of a palpa-ble misnomer, since a less suitable name for it could hardlybe chosen. PAfiSERES. BLACK HEDSTART. 333 SYL KUTICILLA TITYS (ScopoH*). THE BLACK REDSTART. Phauiicura titliys. The Black Redstart, which is at once distinguishedfrom the well-known and common species, last described, hybeing sooty-black on the breast and belly where the otheris reddish-brown, was first made known as an occasionalvisitor to this country by Mr. Gould, who recorded ( V. p. 103) the capture of a specimen by Mr. Bond atKilburn, near London, October 25th, 1829 ; and anotherexample was afterwards seen in the Regents Park. In 1830,two more specimens were obtained, one at Bristol, theother at Brighton. In January, 1833, a fifth occurred atTeignmouth, and in December, 1835, one was shot nearBristol. Since then the recorded occurrences have become * Sylvia tithys (by mistake), Scopoli, Annus I. Historico-Naturalis, p. 157(1769). This naturalist admittedly took his specific name from Linnreus, whospelt the word tilys, as did Gesner ; but the best classical authorities, Steplianus,P
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