Four Calling Birds

Continued.

calling birds, probably originally colly birds
colly = black as coal  kohlrabenschwarz
colly bird = blackbird  die Amsel

4.

On the fourth day of Christmas,

My true love sent to me

Four calling birds,

Three French hens,

Two turtle-doves and

A partridge in a pear tree.

Blackbird (Turdus merula), Amsel - Bildquelle: CarolSpears

To be continued.