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and moorland parts of the north and west of England, 

 Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. The illustration on 

 page 244, procured in Westmorland, is a very typical 

 example of the situation of the nest. 



Materials. Small twigs, roots, coarse grass, moss, 

 and mud, with an inner lining of fine grass. It is a 

 very similar structure to that of the Blackbird. 



Eggs. Four or five, blue-green, freckled, and 

 spotted with brown. They are, as a rule, covered 

 with larger spots than the eggs of the Blackbird, 

 but upon occasion the latter will lay eggs resem- 

 bling them so closely that it is quite impossible to 

 distinguish without seeing the parent birds or 

 knowing something of the locality of the nest. Size 

 about 1.2 by .84 in. (See Plate IV.) 



Time. April, May, and June, generally the 

 last two months. 



Remarks. Migratory, arriving in April and de- 

 parting about the end of October. Notes : song, 

 desultory, plaintive, and far-sounding. Local and 

 other names : Rock Thrush, Ring Thrush, Rock 

 Ouzel, Tor Ouzel, Ring Blackbird. Sits pretty 

 closely, and is demonstrative when disturbed. 



MALE RING OUZEL FEEDING FEMALE ON NEST. 



