Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1892 — A Pretty Cage Bird. [ARTICLE]

A Pretty Cage Bird.

The oommon redstart makes e pretty cage bird, though it is not often seen in captivity in this country. It visits Missouri and Illinois every summer, leaving for the south on the first approach of cold weather. It is a beautiful bird, and takes iti name from a bunch of brilliant red feathers under the long plumes of the tail. When taken from the nest the birds are easily reared, and theii liveliness and cheerfulness in confinement dissipate the idea that they are longing for freedom. They havf a pretty song, and are in every waj so far superior to the canary that 11 Js a \Sonder that they are not fre qucntly caged and kept.