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Dr. A. G. Butler once raised hybrids by 

 crossing a male Grey-winged Ouzel with a 

 female English Blackbird. The birds pair- 

 ed up very soon after their introduction. 

 The Ouzel took the initiative in building 

 the nest and induced the hen Blackbird to 

 join in. The nest was built high up in a 

 well-sheltered corner, the structure being 

 composed of hay and twigs with a mixture 

 of mud and dead leaves and an inner lining 

 of finer hay. Three eggs were laid and 

 hatched, and the young were fed with the 

 yolk of egg selected by the cock. Later 

 they were given worms and cockroaches. 

 Two of the young died, the third grew up 

 and proved to be a hen. Next year the 

 same pair raised again a brood of three 

 which were completely reared. Two of these 

 were males and the other a female. The 

 males were black but much browner than 

 either of the parents, specially on the lower 

 body and the grey wing-patch of the male 

 parent was replaced by red-brown. The 

 first year's female was almost of uniform 



