Family TURDIDAE. 

 Turdus torquatus L. — Ring-Ouzel. 



(Plate 67, fig. a-d). 

 (Snouckaert: Avifauna Neerlandica, p. 43, No. 103i. 



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mostly bright bluish green; sometimes yel- 

 lowish grey. 



reddish brown. 



30.4 X 21.6 millimetres. 



0.41 gram. 



not specially characterized. 



usually slender ovoidal. 



consists of vegetable material intermixed 

 with earth, lined with parts of plants. 



in trees, shrubs or on the ground. 



4-5. 



May-June. 



about 15 days. 



as a rule torquatus-eggs are marked in a 

 more pronounced manner than those of 

 merula and pilaris. 



