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REDWING (Swed. Rodvinge, Dan. Roddrossel, Ger. Rotdrossel, Du. Koperwiek)

REDWING (Swed. Rodvinge, See also:
DAN
Dan. Roddrossel, Ger. Rotdrossel, Du. Koperwiek) , a See also:

SPECIES

species of See also:

THRUSH (A. S. Prysce, Icel. priistr, Norw. Trast, O. H. Ger. Drosce, whence the mod. Ger. prossel, to be compared with the analogous English form Throstle,l now almost obsolete, both being apparently diminutives)

thrush (q.v.), Turd us iliacus, which is an abundant See also:

winter visitor to the Bri, ish Islands, 'arriving in autumn generally about the same See also:

time as the See also:

FIELDFARE (O.E. fealo for=fallow-farer)

fieldfare (q.v.) does. This See also:

BIRD

bird has its See also:

COMMON

common See also:

ENGLISH

English name' from the sides of its See also:

BODY

body, its inner wing-coverts and axillaries being of a See also:

bright reddish See also:

orange, of which See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, however, there is no See also:

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance on the wing itself while the bird is at See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest, and not much is ordinarily seen while it is in See also:

FLIGHT

flight. In other respects it is very like a See also:

SONG

song-thrush, and indeed in See also:

France and some other countries it bears the name mauvis or mavis, often given to that species in some parts of See also:

BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain; but a conspicuous See also:

white streak over the See also:

eye at once affords a ready diagnosis. The redwing breeds in See also:

ICELAND (Dan. Island)

Iceland, in the subalpine and See also:

ARCTIC (Gr. "ApKroc, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major)

arctic districts of See also:

Norway, See also:

Sweden and See also:

FINLAND (Finnish, Suomi or Suomenmaa)

Finland, and thence across See also:

NORTHERN

Northern See also:

Russia See also:

ANTI, or CAMPA

anti See also:

SIBERIA

Siberia, becoming scarce to the eastward of the See also:

YENISEI

Yenisei, and not extending beyond See also:

Lake See also:

BAIKAL (known to the Mongols as Dalai-nor, and to the Turkish tribes as Bai-kul)

Baikal. In winter it visits the whole of See also:

EUROPE

Europe and See also:

North See also:

Africa, occa- ' Many old writers assert that this bird used to be known in See also:

England as the " swinepipe "; but, except in books, this name does not seem to survive to the See also:

PRESENT

present See also:

day. There is no See also:

REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason, however, to doubt that it was once in See also:

VOGUE, EUGENE MELCHIOR, COMTE DE (1848- )

vogue, and the only question is how it may have arisen. If it has not been corrupted from the See also:

German Weindrossel or some other similar name, it may refer to the soft inward See also:

WHISTLE

whistle which the bird often utters, resembling the See also:

sound of the See also:

PIPE

pipe used by the swineherds of old when See also:

COLLECTING

collecting the animals under their See also:

charge. Another See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the word (which may, however, be erroneous) is " See also:

WINDPIPE

windpipe." " Whindle " and wheenerd " have also been given as old English names of this bird (Hari.

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MISCELLANY

Miscellany, 1st ed., ii. p. 558), and these may be referred to the See also:

LOCAL

local German Weindrustle and Winsel.sionally reaching See also:

Madeira, while to the eastward it is found at that See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season in See also:

PERSIA

Persia, and, it is said, at times in the north-western Himalayas and See also:

KOHAT

Kohat. Many writers have praised the song of this bird, comparing it with that of the See also:

nightingale (q.v.); but herein they seem to have been as much mistaken as in older times was See also:

LINNAEUS

Linnaeus, who according to S. See also:

NILSSON, CHRISTINE (1843– )

Nilsson (Orn. Suecica, i. 177, See also:

note), failed to distinguish in See also:

LIFE

life this species from its commoner congener T. musicus. Its See also:

NEST

nest and eggs a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

DEAL

deal resemble those of the See also:

BLACKBIRD (Turdus merula)

blackbird, and have none of the See also:

SPECIAL

special characters which distinguish those of the song-thrush. (A.

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