. A history of British birds . coloured external edges : lores and ear-coverts, clove-brown ; over the eye a broad whitish streak: the irides hazel:chin, throat, belly, vent and lower tail-coverts, dull white ;sides of the neck, upper part of the breast, and flanks, dull-white, tinged with wood-brown and streaked with clove-brown;quills ash-grey beneath; sides of the body, lower wing-covertsand axillaries, bright reddish-orange, whence the birds com-mon name : legs pale brown ; toes and claws darker brown. The whole length is about eight inches and three-quarters;wing from the carpal joint to
. A history of British birds . coloured external edges : lores and ear-coverts, clove-brown ; over the eye a broad whitish streak: the irides hazel:chin, throat, belly, vent and lower tail-coverts, dull white ;sides of the neck, upper part of the breast, and flanks, dull-white, tinged with wood-brown and streaked with clove-brown;quills ash-grey beneath; sides of the body, lower wing-covertsand axillaries, bright reddish-orange, whence the birds com-mon name : legs pale brown ; toes and claws darker brown. The whole length is about eight inches and three-quarters;wing from the carpal joint to the end of the longest primaryfour inches and three-eighths : the second feather equal tothe fifth ; the third and fourth also equal, and the longest. The female is less bright than the male. The young inits first plumage generally resembles the adult, but thefeathers of the mantle and upper wing-coverts are markedwith a subtermiual lozenge-shaped spot of yellowish-whitetinned with rufous on the latter. 272 PAHSERES. TuRDUS PILARIS, LinnsBus.*THE FIELDFARE. Tiirdns pilaris. The Fieldfare is a well-known migratory Thrush comingto us from the north-east, and usually arriving towards theend of October, but sometimes so early as September : itsappearance partly depending on the temperature of theseason. It is generally seen in large flocks, which, if theweather continues open and mild, spread over the fields, andespecially pasture-lands, in search of worms, slugs and thelarvae of insects ; but on the occurrence of snow or frost, thebirds take to the hedges, and feed on haws and various ber-ries!, or, failing them, even on turnips. At this time theyare shy and difficult to approach : the whole flock, takingwing and keeping together, settle by scores on some distant Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 2!tl (1766), f In Germany they are supposed to be extremely jiartial to tlie berries of thejuniper, and hence receive their common name in that country. FIELDFARE. 273 tree, whence, if
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