turdus iliacus. 



R E D IV I N G. 



Generic Character. See Turdus Vifcivocus. 

 Synonyms. 



Turdus Iliacus. Lin, Syft. 229. 3. Ind. Orn, 

 1./). 329. 7, 



Redwing. Br, ZooL 108. Ik fol 91. tak fig. 2. 



Ar5l. ZooL 2. 342. D. Lath Syn, 

 3. ^. 22. 7. Mont, Orn. T>i5i. Vol. 2. 

 Bewick's Br. Birds, Pi, 1. 129, 

 Albijts Birds, 1. tab. 35. 



1 HE length of this fpecies is about nine, and the breadth 

 fourteen inches ; it weighs nearly two ounces and a half. 

 Bill flightly notched at the tip ; infide of the mouth yellow ; 

 irides dark hazel ; tail fomewhat forked, with the (hafts of the 

 feathers projecting rather beyond the webs ; legs and claws 

 ftrong. The female correfponds in its markings, but the 

 colours are duller than in the male. 



The Redwing arrives in this country in large flocks, about 

 the end of September or beginning of 06lober, and quits it in 

 March, fome few remain through the year and breed here ; 

 we had a fine male bird fent us in the month of July in the 

 prefent year ; there were a pair which had built their neft in a 

 low quickfet hedge, but being difturbed, had forfaken it before 



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