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TURDUS TORQUATUS. THE RINGED THRUSH, 

 OR RING OUZEL. 



ROCK OUZEL. TOR OUZEL. MOUNTAIN OUZEL. WHITE-BREASTED 

 BLACKBIRD. MOOR BLACKBIRD. 



Turdus torquatus. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 296. 



Turdus torquatus. Lath. Ind. Orn. L 343. 



Ring Ouzel. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



Merle a plastron. Turdus torquatus. Temm. Man. d'Orn. I. 1G6. 



Ring Ouzel. Merula torquata. Selb. Illustr. I. 169. 



Turdus torquatus. Ring Ouzel. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 101. 



Male with the plumage hlackish-brown, the feathers margined 

 with grey ; a broad semilunar patch of nchite on the fore part of 

 the breast. Female similar, with more grey on the wings, the white 

 band tinged with brown. Young dusky, the feathers of the tipper 

 parts tipped with black, of the lower barred with yelloioish-white. 



Male. — The Ringed Thrush is very similar to the Black- 

 bird in form and colour. It is however somewhat stouter, and 

 has the wings proportionally longer, and the tail shorter. As 

 it is only a summer resident with us, I am unable to describe 



