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This is not a very common species here. 1 fancy it is 

 fonder of walls and trained fruit trees than of our open 

 country. 



It is very much to be regretted that the College Natural 

 History Society have not taken more abundant notices of 

 the first arrival of migrants. I have, perhaps, but little 

 right to say this, as I feel that when I held the post of 

 head of the ornithological section, I did not sufficiently im- 

 press the importance of this on the members of my section. 

 I hope, however, that my successors will pardon me this 

 remark, and do their best to rectify my error. 



Turdus torquatus. 



Rincj Ouzel. 



FIRST SEEN. EGG OBSERVED. 



April 10th, 18G5. April 30th, 1866. 



April 17th, 1868. May 4th, 1868. 



1870. 



A few specimens of this bird visit us every summer, 

 just sufficient to warrant my including it among our regular 

 visitors. It is possible that their eggs have been observed 

 m.iich oftener during the last four years than would appear 

 from the above list ; but as the cq-o- is so similar to that of 

 the common Blackbird {T. Merula) only those instances 

 have been recorded where the bird itself has been observed 

 to fly off the nest. 



