PLATE CXCI. 



Litoiiie ou Tourdelle. Bu[f, Illji. Nat. des Oif 3, p. 301. t, IQ. 



/. C.—P/. Eni. n. 490. 

 Fieldfare^ or Feldefare. Brit. Zool. 1.7«. 106. 



IViIi. Oni. p. 188. t, 37. 



Jlbiu, ai\ I. t. 36. 



Lath. Siju, 2. i.p. 24. 11. 



Length ten inches ; the bill } ellowiih, with the tip blacky the legs 

 blackifh. The male and female much refemble each other. 



The Fieldfare, like the Redwing, is of the migatory kind : retiring 

 to the northern regions, as far as Iceland, during the fiimmer or breed- 

 ing feafon, and returning fouthward in autumn : it arrives in Britain 

 about the month of 06tober, or later, when the northern winter is 

 more mild than ufual : it alfo vifits FVance and Italy, but not till about 

 the month of December. In Sweden it is obferved to build in high 

 trees, and to prefer thofe fituations where the juniper grows. It 

 fublifts chiefly on the berries of various plants, among which, thofe 

 of the hawthorn and the holly appear to be favourite food. 



The Fieldfare and the Redwing are frequently taken in the nets 

 during wdnter : the fiefli, though fometimes rather bitter, being held 

 in fome efteem. The capture of thefe birds (Turdi of the Romans) 

 was an object of attention among the ancients as we learn from their 

 hillorians: they were accuftomed to lake thefe birds alive in vaft 

 numbers at particular feafons of the year, and fatten them in aviaries 

 by thoufands, as an article of delicacy and luxury for the table 



* Varro. Plutarch, Martial, &c. 



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