24 THRUSH. 



4— REDWING THRUSH. 



Turdus iliacus, Ind. Orn. i. 329. Lin. i. 292. Faun. Suec. No. 218. Gm. Lin. i. 808. 



Scop. i. No. 196. Raii, 64. A. 4. HKff. 139. Bris. ii. 208. t. 20. 1. Id. 8vo. i. 



216. Frisch, t. 28. .Mu//er, No. 239. Kram. 391. i^aun. Arag. 84. %>p, Fog-. 



t. p. 21. Borowsk. iii. 166. 4, if/em, 66. 3. 7rf. Stem. 11. t. 14. f. 6. a— c. Id. 



Ov. 23. t. 9. f. 1. Gerin. iii. t. 293. Tern. Man. d'Orn. p. 89. Id. Ed. ii. 165. 

 Die Zipdrossel, Naturf. xvii. 81. 

 Le Mauvis, Bnf. iii. 309. PI. enl. 51. 

 Tordo Sassello, Olin. Uc. p. 25. 

 Redwing, Swinepipe, or Wind Thrush, Gen. Syn. iii. 22. Id. Sup. 139. Br. Zool. i. 



No. 108. Id.foL 91. t. P. f. 2. 7rf. 1812. 1. p. 409. Arct. Zool. ii. 342. D. 



y//6m, i. pi. 35. S/iaiu'.? Zool. x. 183. Bewick, i. pi. 102. Collinses Birds, pi. 



8. f. 1. 2. Graws, Br. Orn. ii. p. 16. Lewin, ii. pi. 59. /Fa/cof, ii. 199. Pult. 



Cat. Dors. p. 10. Orn. Diet. 



LENGTH almost eight inches; breadth twelve and a half; weight 

 two ounces and a quarter. Bill blackish, base of the under mandible 

 whitish; irides hazel; plumage above brown; over each eye a 

 whitish streak, reaching almost to the hindhead ; breast and sides 

 marked with dusky lines ; sides of the body, and beneath the wings 

 reddish orange ; legs pale grey, claws brown. 



This bird appears in this kingdom with the Fieldfare, in vast 

 flocks, but generally precedes that bird a few days in its arrival, 

 which is for the most part about the end of September, and both 

 agree in their general manners : is common in France and Germany,* 

 but is there a winter bird only, as in England. Met with as far 

 north as Sondmor, and even Iceland. In Sweden said to perch on 

 high trees in the maple forests, and has a fine note in the spring ; it 

 builds there, placing the nest in a low shrub, or hedge, laying six 

 bluish eggs, spotted with black ;t it is a tender species. J 



* Such numbers of these birds, Throstles, and Fieldfares are killed for the market in 

 Polish Prussia, that excise has been paid for 30,000 pairs, besides what were smuggled, or 

 paid duty for in other places. — Klein, migr. av. 178. f Fatm. Suec. 



J Mr. White, in his History of Selborne, says, that in hard seasons the Redwing dies 

 first, and next to that the Song Thrush, p. 43. In the winter of 1799, thousands re- 

 sorted to the West of England, where a sudden fall of snow cut them off from all supply 

 of food, and they were starved to death. 



