126 TURDINE. TURDUS. 



62. TURDUS TORQUATUS. WHITE-BREASTED THRUSH, OR 

 RING-OUZEL. 



Male with the bill yellow, the feet olive-brown, the plumage 

 blackish-brown, the feathers margined with grey ; a broad se- 

 milunar patch of white on the fore part of the breast. Female 

 similar, but of a duller and lighter tint, with more grey on the 

 wings, the white band tinged with brown. Young dusky, the 

 feathers of the upper parts tipped with black, of the lower 

 barred with yellowish-white. 



Male, 1H, 19, 5^, j, 1 T \, 1 T T , / 5 . Female, 10^, 18. 



This species, which arrives in April, and departs in Octo- 

 ber, betakes itself to the hilly and mountainous districts of 

 England, Scotland, and Ireland. It feeds on worms, snails, 

 insects, and berries ; forms a nest like that of the Blackbird, 

 and lays from four to six eggs, w r hich are pale bluish-green, 

 freckled all over with pale brown. 



Ring Ouzel. Rock Ouzel. Tor Ouzel. Mountain Ouzel 

 or Blackbird. Moor Blackbird. White- breasted Blackbird. 



Turdus torquatus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 296. Turdus torqua- 

 tus, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. i. 16G. Turdus torquatus, Ringed 

 Thrush or Ring Ouzel, MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, ii. 100. 



63. TURDUS PILARIS. CHESTNUT-BACKED THRUSH, OB 

 FIELDFARE. 



Head, hind-neck, and rump, grey ; fore part of the back 

 chestnut ; space before the eye brownish-black ; a whitish line 

 over the eye ; fore neck and Breast reddish-yellow ; the fea- 

 thers tipped with a brownish-Black elongated triangular spot ; 

 those of the sides with large dusky spots and margined with 

 white ; lower wing-coverts and axillar feathers pure white. 

 Young of the year with duller tints, the feathers of -the sides 

 light, with a pale brown or dusky border within the white 

 margin. 



Male, lOf, 17i, 5|, T V, l, , &. Female, 10*, 16J. 



The Fieldfare arrives from the north of Europe in the end 

 of October, and returns in the end of April. It is generally 

 dispersed in large flocks, and feeds on worms, snails, insects, 

 and berries, as well as seeds. It roosts on the ground, as well 

 as on trees. Inform it closely resembles the Black-bird, but 

 in colour is more allied to the species which follow. 



Feltyfare. Feldyfar. Feltyflier. Grey-Thrush. 



Turdus pilaris, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 291. Turdus pilaris, 

 Temm. Man. d'Ornith. i. 163. Turdus pilaris, Chestnut- 

 backed Thrush or Fieldfare, MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, ii. 105. 



