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authentic cases of the nesting of the Redwing. The Fieldfare, 

 ahhough not so large as the }*lissel Thrush, is in my view, the 

 handsomest of the British thrushes ; moreover, as an edible 

 l)ird, he is l)y no means to be despised. What sportsman is there 

 amongst our readers, who has not at one time or another, when 

 game was scarce, and a flock of these birds has passed high over 

 his head, tried to rake down one or two. The writer when, in 

 his young days, he was wont to pursue the wily (lolden Plover, 

 has often added a few plump h'ieldfares to his bag. and he must 

 confess that he would 'nt in the least mind doing so again. But in 

 these parts they are by no means a connuon bird even in hard 

 winters. 



The Fieldfare. — Their nearest breeding ground is in the 

 Norwegian pine forests. Here they are said to breed in colonies. 

 The writer once found a nest near Trondheim. his attention 



Nest ol Redwing-. [By IV. Shore Baily. 



being called to it by the squalling of the hungry young. There 

 may have been other nests in the neighbourhood, but we hadn't 

 much time for bird nesting and consequently didn't see them. 

 I'^or several years I had two of these birds in my aviaries, but 



