PLATE CLXXXVIII. 



KIe*ra Kladra, Tall-Traft. Fn, Siiec.fp. £18. 

 Weindroffel. Frifch. av. t. 



Redwing, Swinepipe^ or Wind-Thrufli. Will, Orn, 189. 

 Rai/. at), 64. n. 4. 

 Jlbin. av. 1. 1. 35. 

 Lath, Gen, Si/ti, 2, 1. p. 22. n. 7. 



The Redwing is rather fmaller than the Fieldfare, to whicb> in 

 general appearance, as well as in its manners of life, it bears confider- 

 able refemblance. 



The ufual length of the Redwing is about nine inches, that of the 

 Fieldfare ten inches. They appear in flocks fo nearly about the fame 

 time, that they may be confidered as accompanying each other in 

 their periodical migrations ; the flocks of the Redwing arriving ufually 

 at the place of defl:ination a few days only before the Fieldfare ; and 

 it is alfo known that in the northern parts of Europe, where thefc 

 birds breed, both kinds occur together. 



One of the mofl: remarkable chara6lers of the Redwing, and by 

 which, independently of other peculiarities, it may be difl:inguiflaed 

 from the Fieldfare, is the colour of the inner furface of the wing, that 

 part of the Fieldfare being wholly white, while in the Redwing it is 

 marked with a rufous orange fpot. The name of Redwing, given to 

 this bird by Ray and other early writers, appears hence to be happily 

 chofen, as it at once implies the diftin6lion that prevails between this 

 bird and its very analogous fpecies. 



Linnaeus informs us in the Fauna Suecicay that in Sweden this 



fpecies 



