XVIII. KEDWING. 



(Turdus iliacus.) 



THIS drawing is from a bird caught alive in a feeble and 

 famished state on the snow near Ayr, in the severe frost at 

 Christmas 1860. I have seen them feeding greedily on the 

 berries of the yew tree. They do not seem to be so hardy as 

 Blackbirds, or so able to stand privation, although they come to 

 us from cold countries. I have met with them in Iceland, and 

 heard their pretty thrush-like song. 



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