Class II. REDWING. 



eggs, of a pale bluifh green, marked with dufky 

 fpots. 



In France thefe birds are migratory : in Burgun- 

 dy^ they appear jult before vintage, in order to 

 feed on the ripe grapes, are therefore called there 

 la Grive de vigne. 



307 



Le Mauvis. Belon a<v. 327. 

 Tardus minor. Gefner a-v. 



761. 

 T. Illas feu Tylas. Aldr. a^. 



II. 275. 

 Redwing, Swinepipe, or Wind 



Thrufh. Wil. orn. 189. 

 Rail fyn. au. 54. 

 Le Mauvis. Brijfon an). If. 



208. tab. 20. fig. I. Hifi:. 

 d'Oys. UI. 309. 



Scopoliy No. 196. 



PL Enl. 51. 



Turdus iliacus, Lin.Jyfi, 292. 



Klera, Kladra, Tall-Trail. 



Faun. Suec. fp. 218. 

 Rothdrofchl, Walddrofchl, 



Winterdrofchl. Kra77i. 361. 

 Wein-DroiTel. Roth-Droffel. 



Fri/ch, I. 28. 

 Br. ZooL 91. plate P. f. 2. 



108. Red- 



WING. 



THESE birds appear in Great-Britain a few 

 days before the fieldfare ; they come in 

 vaft flocks, and from the fame countries as the 

 latter. With us they have only a difagreeable 

 piping; note •, but in Swede?i during the fpring (ing 

 very finely, perching on the top of fome tree a- 

 mong the forefts of maples. They build their 

 nefts in hedges, and lay fix bluilh green eggs 

 fpotted with black *. 



They have a very near refemblance to the throf- Descrip, 



* Faun. Suec. Jp. 218. 



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