Clafs II; REDWING. 227 



IV. The R E D W I N G. 



Le Mauvjs. Bejon av. 327. tal>. zo^fig. i. 



Tardus minor. Gefner a-v. 761. PA enl. 51. 



T. lUas feuTylas. Jldr. av. ii. Turdus iliacus. Lin.fyji. 2qz. 



275. Klera, Kladra, Tall-Traft. Faux, 

 Redwing, Swinepipe, or Wind Suec. /p. 218. 



Thrulh. WiLorn.\o(). Rothdrofchl,WaIddrofch], Win- 

 Raii fyn. a'v 54. terdrofchl. Kram. 361. 



Le Mauvis. Brijfon a-v. ii. 208. Br. Zool. gi. plate P. f. 2. 



THESE birds appear in Great-Brkain a few 

 days before the fieldfare ; they come in vafl: 

 flocks, and from the fame countries as the latter. 

 With us they have only a difagreeable piping note ; 

 but in Sweden during the fpring they fing very finely, 

 perching on the top of fome tree among the forefls of 

 maples. They build their nefts in hedges, and lay 

 fix bluilh green eggs fpotted with black *. 



They have a very near refemblance to the throflle ; Defer. 

 but are lefs, only weighing two ounces and a quarter: 

 their colors are much the fame •, only the fides under 

 the wings and the inner coverts in this are of a red- 

 difh orange ; in the throftle yellow : above each eye 

 is a line of yellowifh white, beginning at the bill and 

 paffing towards the hind part of the head. The 

 vent feathers are white. 



Befides thefe three forts of throflles, the author of 

 the epitome of the art of htisbandryf, mentions a fourth 

 kind under the name of the heath throflle^ which he 

 commends as far fuperior to the others in its fong: 



* Fam. Suec.fp. 218. 



t B}]. K gent, third edit. 16S5. 



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