196 THE REDWING. 



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

 is added, which the others like also. 



MODE OF TAKING. The same as in the two preceding species. 



ATTRACTIVE QUALITIES. Its song is a mere harsh disagreeable warble. 

 I should not have introduced it among cage birds if the lovers of bird- 

 catching did not in winter require its call when pursuing its species. 



THE REDWING. 



Turdus iliacus, LINN^US ; Le Mauvis, BDFFON ; Die Rothdrossel, BECHST BIN. 



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 wings, which has procured it the name of the 

 redwing 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 

 appearing yellowish ; the spots on the breast are grayish brown, 

 and there are none about 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 

 the south only towards the end of October, and returns at the end of 

 March or beginning of April. 



