MERULIDJE. 



INSESSORES. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



MERULIDJE. 



THE RING OUZEL.* 



Turdus torquatus. 



Turdus torquatus, Ring Ouzel, 



Merula torquata, 

 Turdus torquatus, 

 Merula torquata, 



Thrush, 

 Ouzel, 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 415. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 127. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 65. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 169. 



JENYNS, Brit. Yert. p. 101. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Turdus torquatus, Merle a plastron, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 166. 



* Ousel, or Ouzel, from Oisel, old French. Nare's 

 The Blackbird is also sometimes called Ouzel and Ousel. Thus Shak- 

 speare says 



" The Ousel cock, so black of hue, 

 With orange tawny bill." 



Mids. N. Dr. iii. 1. 



