REDWING, 



INSESSORES. 



DKXTIROSTRES. 



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MERULIDuE. 



THE REDWING. 



Turdus iliacus. 



Turdus iliacus, The Redwing, 



Merula iliaca, 

 Turdus iliacus, 



Redwing Thrush, 

 The Redwing, 



Merle Mauvis, 



PENN. Brit. Zoo], vol. i. p. 409. 



MONT. Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 123. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 65. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 165. 



JENYNS, Brit. Yert. p. 100. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 165. 



THE REDWING is another winter visitor to the British 

 Islands, which, like the Fieldfare, comes to us in flocks 

 from the northern and north-eastern parts of Europe, but 

 with this difference, that they make their appearance earlier 

 in the year than the Fieldfare, arriving frequently by the 

 middle or before the end of October. It has also been 



