36 BIRDS OF GUERNSEY. 



with grey. This bird was found dead, and the 

 owner of the estate on which it was found informed 

 Mr. Jago that it had frequented his place for four 

 years, and that he had seen it with its mate during 

 the summer ; so in this case the variation certainly 

 seems to have been permanent. 



27. KING OUZEL. Turdus torquatus, Linnaeus. 

 French, " Merle a plastron." I do not think the 

 Eing Ouzel is ever as common in the Channel 

 Islands as it is on migration in South Devon. A 

 few, however, make their appearance in each of the 

 Islands every autumn, but they are never very 

 numerous, and do not remain very long, arriving 

 generally about the end of September and remain- 

 ing till the end of November or beginning of 

 December, during which time a few may always be 

 seen hung up in the market. Many of the autumnal 

 arrivals are young birds of the year, with the white 

 crescent on the breast nearly wanting or only very 

 faintly marked. 



Mr. Gallienne, in his remarks appended to Pro- 

 fessor Ansted's list, says the Eing Ouzel stays with 

 us throughout the year, but is more plentiful in 

 winter than in summer. But I have never myself 

 seen one either dead or alive in the spring or 

 summer. It may, however, occasionally visit the 

 Island in the spring migration, but I know of no 

 authentic instance of its remaining to breed, nor 



