218 MERULID&. 
INSESSORES. MERULID:. 
DENTIROSTRES. 
THE RING OUZEL.* 
Turdus torquatus. 
Turdus torquatus, Ring Ouzel, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 415. 
Monracu, Ornith. Dict. 
- F 3 aS ue Bewicx, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 127. 
3 B > Lhrush, FuEM. Brit. An. p. 65. 
Merula Torquata, ,, Ouzel, SE By, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 169. 
Turdus Torquatus, 4, 3 Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 101. 
Merula Torquata, 5 9p Goutp, Birds of Europe, pt. ix. 
Turdus Torquatus, Merle a plastron, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. vol. 1. p. 166. 
99 bb) ” ” 
* Ousel, or Ouzel, from Oisel, old French.—Nare’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. 
