ClafsII. FIELDFARE. 225 



II. The FIELDFARE. 



La Litorne, Belon av. 32R. fp. 215, 



Tnrdus pilaris. Gefner av. jt^^)' I^'^"- Dobbelt Kramsfugl. C//». 

 yildr. a'v. ii. 274. bris, Snarrer. Nor--uegis, Graae 

 Wil. orn. 188. Troft, Field-Troft, Norden- 

 'Raii fyn. wv. 64. Vinds Pibe, Bornholmis, Sim- 

 La Litourne, ou Tourdelle. meren. 5r. 2^2. 



Bri[fo7i an}.\\, z\\, Kranabets vogel, Kranabeter. 



Lin./yji. 291. Kram. 36 ' . 



^ramsfogel, fnofeata. Faun.Suec. Br. Zoo/. 90. plate P. 2. f. I. 



THIS bird paffes the fummer in the northern 

 parts of inrope -y 2X^0 in lower Aujlria*. It 

 breeds in the largefl trees ; -|- feeds on berries of all 

 kinds, and is very fond of thofe of the juniper. 

 Fieldfares vifit our iflands in great flocks about 

 Michaelmas^ and leave us the latter end o^ February^ or 

 the beginning oi March. We fufpedl that the birds 

 that migrate here, come from Norzvay, &c. forced by 

 the exceffive rigor of the feafon in thofe cold regions ; 

 as we find that they winter as well as breed m PruJJia, 

 Aufiria J, and the moderate climates. 



Thefe birds weigh generally about four ounces ; Defer, 

 their length is ten inches, their breadth feventeen. 

 The head isafh-colored inclining to olive, and fpotted 

 with black ; the back and greater coverts of the wings 

 of a fine deep chefnut ; the rump afh-colored : the 

 tail is black ; the lower parts of the two middlemod 

 feathers, and the interior upper fides of the outmoil 

 feathers excepted ; the firit being afh-colored, the 

 latter white. The legs are black ; the talons very 

 ftrono-. 



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* Kramer elench. 361. f Fauiu Siiecfp' 78. % Klein hhj.a'v. 17S. 



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