the female had began to lay ; the female Ihortly afterwards 

 forfook the place, but the male continued to refort to the 

 fame fpot till it was killed ; the neft was compofed of dry 

 grafs, mofs, and fmall flicks, lined with mud and a few fea- 

 thers intermixed with hair ; it was four inches and a half in 

 diameter and three inches deep ; its eggs are faid to be of a 

 , blue green colour fpotted with black. 



The note of this bird is very fimilar to that of the Song 

 Thrufh, except being drawn out at the termination into a kind 

 of whiftle ; in the winter during its flight it frequently utters 

 a piping monotonous note. It feeds on the berries of privet, 

 holly, and white-thorn; alfo, on fnails, flugs, beetles, and 

 other infeds. 



Its provincial names are Swinepipe, Wind-Thrufh, Red- 

 Thrufh, or Throftle, 



