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RING OUZEL. 



KOCK OUZEL. RING THBUSH. MOUNTAIN BLACKBIRD. MOOR BLACKBIRD. 



PLATE CIV. 



Titrdus torquatux, PEXXAXT. MONTAGU. 



Jferula torquata, SELBT. GOULD. 



THE nest is built among the heather upon a ledge or in some hollow 

 of a rock. It is hidden more or less by a tuft of heath, the root of 

 a tree, or a projection of the rock in which it is placed: those found 

 in the more southerly counties were placed at a height of about five 

 or six feet from the ground, in such a situation as a yew tree, or 

 ivy-clad "elm. It is composed of dried grasses, heather, stems, or stalks, 

 thickly matted together, with here and there an occasional leaf; on the 

 inside it is lined, according to some, with mud, within which again is 

 another lining of similar materials to those of which the outside is 

 compacted. 



The eggs are pale greenish blue, sparingly freckled with pale purple 

 and reddish brown markings, except at the larger end, where those 

 obscurations are confluent, and entirely conceal the ground colour. They 

 are four or five in number, sometimes, it is said, six. 



The plate is from an egg sent to W. R. Fisher, Esq. by Mr. Heysham. 



