26 BRITISH BIRDS» 
name implies—and in having the breast striated as well as 
the flanks. Upper-parts olive-brown, a broad white streak 
over the eye. Ground colour of the under-parts white except 
for the buff breast and red flanks. | 
43. Fieldfare, blue-felt [Turdus pilaris Linneus]. Common 
winter visitor and bird of passage. 
Bird. Length 10in. Nearly as large as the mistle-thrush, 
and easily recognised by the chestnut- 
brown back contrasting with the grey 
head and neck above and the grey rump 
below. The latter contrasts with the 
dark tail, especially in flight. The black 
lores are noticeable. Throat and upper 
breast buff, lower breast and _ belly 
Fig. 25. white. Throat striated black, the stria- 
tions giving place to various shaped spots 
on the breast and flanks. 
44. Blackbird [Turdus merula merula Linneus]. Resident 
nearly everywhere. | 
Bird. Uength 10% in. Easily recognised by the black 
plumage, orange beak, and yellow eye-rim. The female is 
mostly amber-brown or dusky, varying probably according to 
age. The throat paler with rufous striations, a rufous tinge 
on the fore-breast. The young have the upper-parts brown 
streaked on the crown and mantle with rufous, and the under- 
parts tawny-yellow, more or less barred with black. 
Nest. Is found in same positions as that of the song- 
thrush, but more frequently upon the ground ; and the out- 
side is built of the same materials. Is lined with mud, upon 
which is placed a further lining of dry grass. 
iggs. Usually 4-5. Bluish-green or bluish. Spotted or 
blotched with red-brown and grey. 
Av. size, 1:14x°84in. Laying begins 
March-April. Broods 2-3. 
45. Ring-ouzel [Turdus torquatus 
torquatus Linnezeus|. Summer visitor 
to hilly districts and bird of passage. 
Occasionally remains through winter. 
Bird. Length 10% in. Recognised 
by the dusky plumage and the white 
crescent on the breast. The female 
is brown, with a narrower and much 
Fig. 26. duller crescent. The young differ 
chiefly in having the throat feathers 
white tipped, the forebreast mottled black and brown, and the 
rest of the under-parts spotted and barred with black and white. 
