According to bird
classification, 'robin' belongs to the family of thrushes, which is
exactly 'drozd/' It looks like it, except that Russian drozd has no
such
colorful breast. But it larger than 'malinovka' and sings unlike it.
Besides, a PURLY POETIC REASON: '"Robin drozd daet sdachi"
sounds right as a translation of "Robin Cock fights back"
(RLSK); with 'malinovka' it does not work either semantically or
phonetically. S. Il'in often "drunk on his own wines", but he
has a good ear. S.
Senderovich