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MERULIDyE. 



INSESSORES. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



MERULIDAL 



THE RING OUZEL.* 



Turdus torquatus. 



Turdus torquatus, King Ouzel, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 415. 



., MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



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



Thrush, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 65. 



Mcrula Torquata, Ouzel, SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 1 69. 



Turdus Torquatus, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 101. 



Merula Torquata, ,, GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. ix. 



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



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

 The Blackbird is also sometimes called Ouzel and Ousel. Thus Shakspeare 

 says 



" The Ousel cock, so black of hue, 

 With orange tawny bill." 



Mids.N.Dr. iii. 1. 



