2, EL Re Oe “Sets 
ie Turdus iliacus, Liz. Sy. i. p. 292. N° 3.—Scop. N® 196.— Muller, p. 20. 
« REDWING. 239. — Georgi en p. fe ae: p- 361. a Frifch. pl. wee 
Olina, pl. in p. 25. : 
Le Mauvis, Bri/. orn. ii. p, 208. N°3. pl. 20. f. 1.—Hift. des o//. iii. p. 309. 
—PI. enl. 51. 
Redwing, Swinepipe, or Wind Thruth, Radi Syn. p. 64. A. 4.— Will. orn. 
p- 189.—Albin. pl. 35.—Br. Zool, N° 108.—Ardic Zool. 
Br. Muf. Lev. Muy. 
DescriPTion. "THIs is lefs than the Fieldfare: is in length near eight inches, 
and weighs two ounces and a quarter. The bill is blackifh, 
but the under mandible whitifh at the bafe: irides deep hazle : 
* the colour of the plumage is not very unlike that of the Throft/e ; 
but differs in having a white ftreak over the eye, almoft to the 
hind-head ; and the fides of the body and under the wings reddifh 
orange: the legs are pale grey: the claws brown. 
Pi vee aes Thefe birds appear in this kingdom along with the Fie/dfare, 
MAnNers. in vaft flocks; and are faid to precede that bird a few days in its 
arrival. 
In general manners it likewife coincides with the Fre/dfare. 
This f{pecies is faid to perch on high trees in the Maple forefts 
in Sweden, and to have a fine note in fpring. The neft is placed 
in fome low fhrub or hedge; and the female lays fix blue-green 
eges, {potted with black*. It pretty generally accompanies the 
Fieldfare im all its migrations, and is found with it in breeding- 
time, in the moft northern parts of the continent. 
* Faun. Suec. 
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