REDWING. 



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ternal edges : from the beak to the eye, and the ear-coverts, 

 clove brown ; over the eye a streak of pale wood-brown ; the 

 irides hazel : the chin, throat, belly, vent-feathers, and under 

 tail-coverts, dull white ; sides of the neck, upper part of the 

 breast, and the flanks, dull white, tinged with wood-brown, 

 and streaked longitudinally with clove-brown ; under surface 

 of the great wing and tail-feathers ash-grey ; sides of the 

 body, under wing-coverts, and axillary feathers, bright red- 

 dish orange, from which peculiarity the bird has derived its 

 name : legs pale brown ; toes and curved claws darker brown. 



The whole length of the Redwing is about eight inches 

 and three-quarters. The wing from the carpal joint to the 

 end of the longest primary measures four inches and three- 

 eighths : the first feather very short ; the second equal 

 in length to the fifth ; the third and fourth also equal in 

 length, and the longest in the wing. 



The plumage of the female Redwing is less bright than 

 that of the male. 



White and cream-coloured varieties of this bird have been 

 obtained. 



The outline vignette below represents the form of the 

 breastbone of the Common Dipper, genus Cinclus. 



