THE RING OUZEL. 



the species driving stray Kestrels away 

 from the neighbourhood of their nests. 

 They will fly close round the head of a 

 human intruder, uttering discordant 

 cries if their chicks are molested. 



The eggs are very similar to those of 

 the Common Blackbird, bluish-green in 

 ground colour, marked with reddish- 

 brown spots. The markings are, as a 

 rule, however, larger than those on the 

 eggs of the above-mentioned species. 



Young Ring Ouzels have no white 

 collar or gorget on the breast. Their 

 feathers are brownish-black, edged with 

 dirty white, and when they sit still on a 

 grey limestone or under a ledge they are, 

 in consequence, difficult to see. 



