. An illustrated manual of British birds . are frequently snared for the table; and aninteresting account of the tenderics aux Grivcs in Belgium, is to befound in Goulds Birds of Great Britain. It may be mentionedthat although the Song-Thrush is called Mavis in Scotland, yetthe French Mauvis is the Redwing. As regards the duration oflife in the Song-Thrush, ]\Ir. J. H. Gurney, jun., informs me thatMr. Bilham of Cromer, kept one for fifteen years. Adult male ; upper parts olive-brown, the wing-coverts tippedwith buff; under parts whitish ; tawny on the breast and sides,which with the ear-covert
. An illustrated manual of British birds . are frequently snared for the table; and aninteresting account of the tenderics aux Grivcs in Belgium, is to befound in Goulds Birds of Great Britain. It may be mentionedthat although the Song-Thrush is called Mavis in Scotland, yetthe French Mauvis is the Redwing. As regards the duration oflife in the Song-Thrush, ]\Ir. J. H. Gurney, jun., informs me thatMr. Bilham of Cromer, kept one for fifteen years. Adult male ; upper parts olive-brown, the wing-coverts tippedwith buff; under parts whitish ; tawny on the breast and sides,which with the ear-coverts and cheeks are streaked and spottedwith dark brown; axillaries and under wing golden-buff; bill horn-brown, yellowish at the base of the lower mandible; legs palebrown. Length about 9 in. ; wing 465 in. Female : rather smallerand paler on the under parts than the male. Young before firstmoult, mottled above with buff; afterwards like the parents, butmore golden-tinted. Albinism in varying degrees is not uncommonin this species. TURDIN^.. THE REDWING. TuRDUS iLiAcus, Linnxus. The Redwing resembles a small Song-Thrush, but it may easilybe distinguished by the broad whitish streak over the eye, and bythe rich orange-red of the flanks and under-feathers of the wing :whence the birds trivial name. The Redwing has been obtainedin this country on striking against lighthouses, from the beginningof August onwards, but being less numerous and less gregarious thanthe Fieldfare its arrival is not so soon noticed. Although the mostdelicate of the European Thrushes, the Redwing can resist a con-siderable amount of frost, but should this be followed by a heavyfall of snoio, such a combination of hardships proves very destruc-tive. In winter, therefore, large numbers go past our shores tosuitable situations, as far even as the south of Europe and the northof Africa, to which this species is a more abundant and regularvisitor than the Fieldfare. \\estward the Redwing has straggled tothe Canar
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