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a low-lying tract of heath on the Lincolnshire border of the 

 county, and only a few feet above sea level ; but the reported 

 instance of its nesting near Beverley (op. cit. 1865, p. 9592), 

 is not to be accepted. 



The Ring Ouzel is not subject to great variation in plumage, 

 the only instance of which I am aware being a beautifully 

 marked specimen variegated with white, grey and black, 

 noted on the moors near Whitby on 13th August 1889 {Field, 

 17th August 1889). 



Local names are as follows : — Heath Throstle (Craven 

 1676) ; Moor Thrush (Sedbergh) ; Crag Ouzel (Craven) ; 

 Moor Blackbird (Sheffield, Craven, and Scarborough) ; 

 Mountain Blackbird and Fell Blackie (Sedbergh) ; Ring 

 Uzzle and Moor Blackie (Cleveland) ; Collared Blackie 

 (Staithes) ; Rock Ouzel and Ring Whistle (Teesdale). 



ROCK THRUSH 

 Monticola saxatilis (Z.). 



Accidental visitant from Central or Southern Europe. 



This species is a summer visitant to the mountainous 

 districts of Central and Southern Europe, and winters in 

 Arabia and Africa. As a straggler it has occurred at Heligo- 

 land, and, perhaps on three occasions, in Britain, once in 

 our county. 



Regarding its occurrence near Whitby, Mr. Thomas 

 Bedlington of Middlesbrough, writes as follows in Morris's 

 Nat. for 1856, p. 21 : " In June 1852 I saw a bird in the 

 neighbourhood of Robin Hood's Bay that I was not acquainted 

 with. I followed it for about two miles, and often got within 



