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Redwing   Listen
noun
Redwing  n.  (Zool.)
(a)
A European thrush (Turdus iliacus). Its under wing coverts are orange red. Called also redwinged thrush.
(b)
A North American passerine bird (Agelarius phoeniceus) of the family Icteridae. The male is black, with a conspicuous patch of bright red, bordered with orange, on each wing. Called also redwinged blackbird, red-winged troupial, marsh blackbird, and swamp blackbird.






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"Redwing" Quotes from Famous Books



... carrion crow, the raven, the buzzard, the hen-harrier, and the peregrine falcon. Among the regular visitors are included the white wagtail, the pied flycatcher, the nightjar, the black redstart, the lesser redpole, the snow bunting, the redwing, the reed, marsh, and grasshopper warblers, the siskin, the dotterel, the sanderling, the wryneck, the hobby, the merlin, the bittern, and the shoveller. As occasional visitors may be reckoned the wax-wing, golden oriole, cross-bill, hoopoe, white-tailed eagle, honey buzzard, ruff, puffin, ...
— Somerset • G.W. Wade and J.H. Wade

... early, like the bluebird, robin, and redwing, are of special service in destroying insects before the insects lay ...
— Agriculture for Beginners - Revised Edition • Charles William Burkett



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