. Britain's birds and their nests . mselves, and the movement, moreover, is fromside to side, not up and down. The adult male is a quite unmistakable bird. Imma-ture and female birds might perhaps be confused withthe corresponding members of the Black Redstart bird, however, is a rather uncommon migrant, andthat only to a part of our area. For this reason it isquite unnecessary to prefix the word Common to thename of the species now being described. In Germany, where both kinds are common, the BlackRedstart is called the House Redstart and oiu bird the Garden Redstart. This indica
. Britain's birds and their nests . mselves, and the movement, moreover, is fromside to side, not up and down. The adult male is a quite unmistakable bird. Imma-ture and female birds might perhaps be confused withthe corresponding members of the Black Redstart bird, however, is a rather uncommon migrant, andthat only to a part of our area. For this reason it isquite unnecessary to prefix the word Common to thename of the species now being described. In Germany, where both kinds are common, the BlackRedstart is called the House Redstart and oiu bird the Garden Redstart. This indicates a difference in theirnesting habits. Our bird sometimes nests on the end ofa house, but more often chooses a hole in a tree or nest itself is loosely made of grass, moss, roots, andthe like, with a lining of hair and feathers. The six eggsare pale blue, sometimes with reddish specks, but moreoften plain. The Redstart is a summer visitor to our islands, re-maining from mid-April till September. Dming that .<^# %f v.,. Plate 119. RED START — Ruticilla pJu-enicuriis. I/engtIi, 5-4 in, ; wing, 3-1 in. [Passeres : Turdidae ; Turdiiiee.]2 N 318
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