128 BRITISH BIRDS. 



THE REDWING. 



WIND THRUSH. 



(Turdus IliacuSy Linn. Merle maums, Temm.) 



Is about eight inches in length. Bill dark brown ; 

 eyes deep hazel ; plumage in general similar to that 

 of the Thrush, ? but a white streak over the eye dis- 

 tinguishes it from that bird ; belly not quite so much 

 spotted; sides of the body and the feathers under 

 the wings tinged with red, which is its peculiar 

 characteristic; whence also its name. 



These birds make their appearance a few days 

 before the Fieldfare,* and are generally seen with 

 them after their arrival; they frequent the same 



* A Redwing was taken up November yth, 1785, at six o'clock in 

 the morning, which, on its approach to land, had flown against the 

 light-house at Tynemouth, and was so stunned that it fell to the 

 ground and died soon after ; the light most probably had attracted its 

 attention. 



