Hypertext Webster Gateway: "firetail"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sappho \Sap"pho\, n. [See {Sapphic}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of brilliant South American
humming birds of the genus {Sappho}, having very
bright-colored and deeply forked tails; -- called also
{firetail}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Redstart \Red"start`\ (-st?rt`), n. [Red + start tail.]
(Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small, handsome European singing bird ({Ruticilla
ph[oe]nicurus}), allied to the nightingale; -- called
also {redtail}, {brantail}, {fireflirt}, {firetail}. The
black redstart is {P.tithys}. The name is also applied to
several other species of {Ruticilla} amnd allied genera,
native of India.
(b) An American fly-catching warbler ({Setophaga ruticilla}).
The male is black, with large patches of orange-red on
the sides, wings, and tail. The female is olive, with
yellow patches.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Firetail \Fire"tail`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The European redstart; -- called also {fireflirt}. [prov.
Eng.]
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