316 TEN YEAES IN SWEDEN. 



same manner, and, in fact, in company with the fieldfares. 

 In Wermland, however, where they breed very sparingly, 

 I have always met with this redwing, breeding solitary in a 

 low bushy fir. 



I think no thrush's egg is subject to so much variation 

 as that of the fieldfare, and it would be almost impossible 

 to describe it better, than that it much resembles the egg of 

 the blackbird, but is usually a very little larger and deeper 

 coloured. 



99. T. TORQUATUS. Eing Trast. The Eing Ouzel. D. F. 



Length 11 in.; plumage black, edged with grey; 

 a large half-moon formed spot on the breast, white in 

 the male, rusty-grey in the female. 



Although very sparingly dispersed everywhere, the ring 

 ouzel has the widest range of any Scandinavian thrush, for 

 it is met with breeding in Bohus Land, and also right 

 up near Waranger Fjord, close to the North Cape. Nest some- 

 times on the ground or else on a small tree, always near 

 mountains or rocks. The egg resembles that of the fieldfare, 

 but is larger, with a bolder character, and I always fancied it a 

 little longer. 



100. T. MERULA, L. Kol Trast. The Blackbird. D. F. 



A little smaller than the last. The male glossy black, 

 with yellow beak, and edges to the eyes ; iris and legs 

 brown ; the female and young, black-brown, with white- 

 grey throat, and indistinct dark spots in front of the 

 breast. 



Is not very common, but breeds everywhere as far up 

 as Lyksell, Lapland. I have seen occasional specimens in 

 South Wermland during the winter. 



Gen. Cinclus, Bechst. 



Beak thin and straight ; head small ; tail short ; wings 

 short; body short and plump; frequents running 

 streams ; can swim and dive, and also sings. 



101. CINCLUS AQUATICU8, Bechst. Strom Stare. The Water 



Ouzel. D. F. 



