196 THE REDWING. 



In confinement it is fed in the same way ; raw carrots grated with tread 

 is added, which the others like also. 



Mode of Taking. — The same as in the two preceding species. 



Att> '~tive Qualities. — Its song is a mere harsh disagreeable warble. 

 I sho>i,'' not have introduced it among cage birds if the lovers of biid- 

 catcb)i.g did not in winter require its call when pursuing its species. 



THE REDWING. 



Tuning iliacus. LiSN.-trs; I,e Mauris, Buffon ; Die Rothdrosse', Beciistein. 



This species is smaller than the song thrush, and has much 

 resemblance to the fieldfare. Its length is eight inches, of 

 which the tail occupies three and a quarter. The beak is 

 nearly an inch long, blackish, and yellow only at the base and 

 angles of the lower mandible; the iris is nut-brown. The 

 shanks are an inch high, and light gray ; the feet are yellow ; 

 the head, the upper part of the neck, the back, the rump, and 

 the small coverts of the wings, are olive brown. The plumage 

 is more brilliant than that of other thrushes, and the orange- 

 hue under the AA-ings, which has procured it the name of the 

 redwuig thrush, will always sufficiently distinguish this from 

 those of the same genus. 



The female is altogether lighter coloured. The line of the 

 eyes is almost white ; the spots on the sides of the neck light 

 yellow ; the under part of the body is white, the neck alone 

 a])i)earing yellowish ; the spots on the breast are gra}'ish brown, 

 and there are none ab)ut the vent. This species also has its 

 varieties, as white, streaked, and the like. 



Habitation. — "When wild it inhabits the north of Europe ; it goes to 

 t'lc south only towards the cud of October, and returns at the end of 

 March or beginning of April 



