The field book : or, Sports and pastimes of the United kingdom ; compiled from the best authorities, ancient and modern (1833)
Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton), 1792-1850 · London : E. Wilson · leaf 445
in the male, ratherdeeply tipped with white, and slightly spottedand barred with brown : the secondaries, asfar as they are uncovered, when the wings areextended, are of the same snowy whiteness asthe back. The feathers which cover the up-per part of the thighs, and those near them,are blushed with… … Redwing, Swinepipe, or Wind Thrush. (Tardusiliacus,lain-s ; LeMamis,Buff.) This bird is not more than eight inches in length. The bill is of a dark-brown colour; 432 THE FIELD BOOK. eyes deep hazel; the plumage in general issimilar to that of the thrush ; but a whitestreak over the eye…
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