See also:REDWING (Swed. Rodvinge, See also:Dan. Roddrossel, Ger. Rotdrossel, Du. Koperwiek)
, a See also:species of See also: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 (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time as the See also:fieldfare (q.v.) does
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This See also:bird has its See also:common See also:English name' from the sides of its See also:body, its inner wing-coverts and axillaries being of a See also:bright reddish See also:orange, of which See also:colour, however, there is no See also:appearance on the wing itself while the bird is at See also:rest, and not much is ordinarily seen while it is in See also:flight
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In other respects it is very like a See also: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; but a conspicuous See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white streak over the See also:eye at once affords a ready diagnosis
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The See also:redwing breeds in See also:Iceland, in the subalpine and See also:arctic districts of See also:Norway, See also:Sweden and See also:Finland, and thence across See also:Northern See also:Russia See also:anti See also:Siberia, becoming scarce to the eastward of the See also:Yenisei, and not extending beyond See also:Lake See also:Baikal
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In winter it visits the whole of See also: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 See also:day
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There is no See also:reason, however, to doubt that it was once in See also:vogue, and the only question is how it may have arisen
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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 which the bird often utters, resembling the See also:sound of the See also:pipe used by the swineherds of old when See also:collecting the animals under their See also:charge
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Another See also:form of the word (which may, however, be erroneous) is " See also:windpipe." " Whindle " and
wheenerd " have also been given as old English names of this bird (Hari
.
See also:Miscellany, 1st ed., ii. p
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558), and these may be referred to the See also:local German Weindrustle and Winsel.sionally reaching See also:Madeira, while to the eastward it is found at that See also:season in See also:Persia, and, it is said, at times in the north-western Himalayas and See also:Kohat
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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, who according to S
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See also:Nilsson (Orn
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Suecica, i
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177, See also:note), failed to distinguish in See also:life this species from its commoner congener T. musicus
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Its See also:nest and eggs a See also:good See also:deal resemble those of the See also:blackbird, and have none of the See also:special characters which distinguish those of the song-thrush
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