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THE ALPIx\E RING-OUZEL. 



Turdus torquatus alpestris Brehm. 

 A New British Bird. 



BY 



M. J. NICOLL. 



On May 23rd, 1911, an adult male Ring-Ouzel was shot 

 at Guestling in Sussex, and shown to me while in the 

 flesh as a " strange-looking Ring-Ouzel." The bird 

 was quite fresh and in perfect plumage, and it had such a 



ALPINE RING-OUZEL {Turdus torquatus alpestris). 



Male shot at Guestling, Sussex, on May 23rd, 1911. 



[Photographed by M. J. NicoU.) 



generally whiter appearance than the common Turdus 

 torquatus torquatus^ that I at once suspected it to belong 

 to either the "alpine" or the "oriental" form. In 



