The Ring Ouzel 



THE Ring Ouzel is a bird of lonely crag- 

 strewn glens and solitary mountain- 

 sides. In size and shape it is very much 

 like the common blackbird. Its plumage is 

 dull black, the intensity of which is modified 

 by many of the feathers being edged with 

 dark grey. Across the breast is a broad 

 crescent of pure white, hence its common 

 name of Ring Ouzel. The female is similar 

 in appearance to the male, except for the facts 

 that she is somewhat lighter coloured, and 

 the crescent on her chest is narrower and of 

 a dirty white. 



The Rock Thrush, as it is sometimes called, 

 arrives in England in April. It is occasionally 

 seen close to London during its spring migra- 

 tion, and in the neighbourhood of Brighton 

 and other towns on the South Coast in 

 September and October, during its autumn 

 journey to southern Europe, where it spends 

 the winter. It breeds in nearly all districts 



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