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period to those of others of its genus that migrate, 
viz., the Fieldfare and Redwing, as it arrives in 
the spring, and immediately resorts to the moun- 
tainous districts of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 
preferring those of the most stony and barren 
nature. In these situations it breeds and rears its 
young, generally placing its nest, which in form 
and texture resembles that of a Blackbird, on 
some steep bank supported by a projecting stunted 
bush, or a tuft of grass or heath, sometimes also 
in the cleft or on the shelf of a rock. 
The female lays from four to six eggs, which 
are of a pale bluish green, blotched with pale 
reddish brown freckles. As autumn approaches, 
the Ring Ouzel quits its mountainous haunts, 
journeys southwards, and about the latter part of 
October leaves this kingdom for warmer climates, _ 
where it passes the winter. 
OWL, BARN SCREECH. 
Waite Ow. 
| STRIX FLAMMEA, Lin. 
This species is more numerous and more exten- 
sively distributed in Britain than any other of its 
family. It is very seldom met with in the wilder 
and bleaker districts, its favourite haunts being in 
the cultivated and sheltered parts of the country, 
