2 2 THE BIRDS OF DORSET. 



RING-OUZEL. Turdus torquatus, L. 



Yarrell, i. p. 287; Hartlng, p. 12; Dresser, ii. p. 113; Ibis 

 List, p. 5; Pulteney's List, p. 10; Meriila torquata, ^ee- 

 hohm, i. p. 243. 



The Ring-Ouzel is a spring and autumn migrant, 

 but resident in the North of England and Scotland, 

 where it habitually breeds. Rodd states that many 

 remain on Dartmoor and on the Cornish moors, and 

 may be seen through the summer with their nests, 

 eggs, and young ; but this is not the case in Dorset- 

 shire, where they are only seen on migration. In 

 the wild Houghton district they are regularly ob- 

 served, especially in the autumn ; several were seen 

 last year (1886), and three together at Thorncombe. 

 Several flocks were noticed at Poole in October, and 

 at Weymouth also in the autumn ; a pair were shot 

 at Gorwell in 1862. In 1878 a pair were observed 

 at Turnworth all the winter, as reported by Mr. H. 

 G. Parry Okeden, in the Field of February 15, 1879. 



Fam. Sylviidj^. 

 HEDGE-SPARROW. Accentor modularis, (L.) 



Yarrell, i. p. 301 ; Harting, p. 12 ; Dresser, iii. p. 39; Seebohm, 

 i. p. 497 ; Ihis List, p. 22 ; Motacilla modularis, Pidteney's 

 List, p. 9. 



This familiar little bird is a constant resident 

 with us, and generally distributed. 



