SPRING AND AUTUMN VISITORS. 



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Order II.— INSESSORES. 



Tribe — Dentirostres. Family — MeruliD/E. 



Ring Ousel {Tiirdus torqitaUis). A passing visitor 

 in spring and autumn, but never appearing in any 

 numbers, and generally considered a rare bird in 

 these counties. 



A female of this species was shot at Risborough in 

 the spring of 1840, and is now in the collection of 

 the Rev. B. Burgess ; who informed me that he saw a 

 male in his garden, at Latimer, near Chesham, on the 

 9th of September, 1862. A pair of Ring Ousels were 

 observed during the same autumn at Dundridge, and 

 in the neighbourhood of Wendover. 



In 1865, a fine male Ring Ousel was killed on the 

 Bath Road, Burnham, by the gamekeeper of Mr. G. 

 Howard. Several of the Eton birdstuffers state that 

 specimens of this bird have passed through their 

 hands at various times, but they are unable to 

 specify any dates. Mr. George Lillywhite shot a 



