io6 BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



IRefcwing. 



THE Redwing (Turdus iliacus, Linnaeus) is a common 

 autumn and winter visitor to the British Isles, and breeds 

 throughout most parts of the Northern Palearctic Region 

 from Norway to the valley of the Yenisei. The adult can 

 easily be distinguished from the song thrush (Turdus 

 musicus) by its broad and well-defined white eye-stripe, and 

 by the rich chestnut on the sides of the body, under wing- 

 coverts, and axillaries. 



