TIE J) WING.
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sWINEPII'E. WIND THRUSH.
Tardus f/t'acus, ' LiNN^EUS.
Mcrula ffiaca, Jardine. Seluy.
Tardus—A Inrush. Iliac us— ?
A n a t i v e of the far distant regions of the north, and for successive
ages unmolested and even unseen by man, the Redwing, till now,
has there securely reared her young. The solitude of the lonely
forest is however no longer unbroken, and modern travellers pry into the
gl t o m i e s l depths of the untrodden wilderness, in search, among the
various motives which actuate them in their wanderings, of a more
accurate knowledge of the h:ibits of the birds that have heretofore
passed their summers in the trackless woods. To Mr. Hewitson, the
eminent Oologist, for one, the praise of this scientific enterprise is
•
In Europe this pleasing bird is found in Russia, Norway, Sweden,
Lapland, Denmark, Iceland, and the Feroe Islands, and it travels, as
winter approaches, into Poland, France, Spain, and Italy. In Asia,
in Siberia, and in Asia Minor, it has also been seen by Mr. Hugh
Edwin Strickland.
I t is plentiful in England, Ireland, and Scotland, as also in the
Orkney Islands; so too in Guernsey and Sark, where it is, as with
us, an annual visitor, arriving in October, but such is not the rule.
Like the Fieldfare, a few may have been occasionally seen at all
seasons. The Rev. Mr. Low was induced to believe that a pair built
hi Hoy, but he was unable to detect their nest.
The Redwing is a migratory bird, leaving here at t h e eud of April