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MKurr-iDE. 



INSESSOnES. 



DENTUIOSTRKS. 



MEItULin.K. 



THE RING OUZEL.* 



Tiirdiis to)<nuitus. 



Mem la torquatn, 

 Turdus torquatus, 

 Merula torquata, 



lUng Ou'M, Penn. Btit. Zool. vol. i. p. 415. 

 ,, Montagu, Ornitli. Diet. 

 ,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 127. 

 Thrush, Flem. Brit. An. p. 65. 

 Ouzel, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 169. 

 .Tenyns, Bnt. Vert. p. 101. 

 Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. ix. 



Ttirdus torquatus, Merle a plastron, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 166. 



* Ousel, or Ouzel, from Oisel, old French. — Nare's Glossary. 



The Blackbird is also sometimes called Ouzel and Ousel. Thus Shakspeare 



says — 



The Ousel cock, so black of hue. 

 With orange tawny bill." 



Mids. N. Dr. iii. 1. 



