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The Red^JVing, Turdus Iliacus. 



Numb. XXXV. 



ITS Length from the tip of the Bill to the end of the Tail is nine Tnchesa, 

 Breadth one Foot two Inches and a quarter, Weight two Ounces and ai 

 half and two Drams ; its Bill is an Inch long, the upper Mandible dusky,, 

 the lower partly dusky, partly yellow ; its Tongue is hard and rough, the: 

 tip being divided into many Filaments ; the infide of the Mouth is yellow ;, 

 the/r/</^5.of theEyes are of a dark hazel Colour, the Legs and Feet pale^ 

 the outer Toe is joined to the middle below, as in the reft of this kind>. 



The upper fide of the Body is of the fame Colour of the Song Thrujh ;•, 

 the Breaft not fo fpotted ; the covert Feathers of the underfide of the Wings. 

 and of the lides of. the Body under the Wings, which in the Song Thr-ujh' 

 are of a pale yellowiOi red, in this kind are of a deep redifli Orange: 

 Colour ; by which Mark, and flying in Companies, they are diftinguilhed 

 from the other Thrufhes. The Belly is white as in the Fieldfare ; the: 

 Throat and Breaft are yellowifti^ fpotted with dusky Spots, which take up> 

 the middle part of the Feathers ; the fldes of the Breaft and Belly are im 

 like manner fpotted ; the Spots a,re lefs, Jaut thicker fet than in the Mavh.^ 

 Above the Eyes is a long Spot of a Clay Colour, reaching from the Bill 

 almoft to the hinder part of the Head. 



The Number of quill Feathers in each Wing is eighteen.; thefe are- 

 more red or Chefnut coloured than the reft of the Feathers ; they differ 

 alfo in divers Birds, for in fome the Edges of the outermoft Feathers are 

 white, which are not fo in otherso The tips of the two innermoft quill 

 Feathers are white, as alfo the tips of the fecond row of Feathers, be- 

 ■ginning from the tenth. The Tail is three Inches and a half long, con- 

 -ififting of twelve Feathers. 



The Gizzard is like that of the Fieldfare i, the blind Guts are fhort ;. 

 the Liver is large for the Bignefs of its Body, and hath its Gall-Bladder 

 appendent. Their Food is Snails, Infeds, and the Berries o£ White- 

 Thorn. 



They come and go with the Fieldfare ; and it is not certainly knov/m 

 •.-SroQi. what Country they come, or where they breed,. 



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