Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old book-name of some small bird having a red tail, or having red on the tail; a redstart.
- noun [capitalized] The genus of Old World redstarts, of which there are about 20 species.
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Examples
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The birds to which I refer are the Red Start (_Muscicapa ruticilla_) and the Speckled Creeper
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 Various
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Alas, my silly fears! there stood the little beauty's exact counterpart, labeled _Setophaga ruticilla_, the American redstart, -- a bird which the manual assured me was very common in my neighborhood.
Birds in the Bush Bradford Torrey 1877
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Muscicapa ruticilla (American redstart), Moosehead.
The Maine Woods 1858
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Mniotilta varia 2; American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
10,000 Birds 2008
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(1957: 268) listed one specimen of _S.r. ruticilla_ from the State.
Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban
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