Class II. 



RING-OUZEL. 



415 



Turdus torquatns. T. nigri- 

 cans, torque albo, rostro fla- 

 vescente. Lath. Ind. om. 

 343. id. Syn. iii. 46. id. 

 Sup. i. 141. 



Le Merle ou Collier. Belon 

 av. 318. 



Merula torquata. Gesner av. 

 607. 



Merle alpestre. Aldr. av. ii. 

 282. 



JVil. orn. 194. Rock or 

 Mountain-Ouzel, I95. 



Itaii Syn. av. 65. 



Mwyalchen y graig. Cainden 

 Brit. 795. 



Le Merle a plastron blanc. 



Hist, d'ois. iii. 340. PL 



Enl. 516. 

 Le Merle a Collier. Brisson 



av. ii. 235. 

 Mar ton Northampt. 425. 

 Turdus torquatus. Gm. Lin. 



832. 

 Ringel-Amsel. Frisch, i. 30. 

 Faun, Suec. sp. 221. 

 Scopoli, No. 198. 

 Dan. Ringdrossel. Norvegis 



Ring Trost. Br. 237. 

 Ringlamsel. Kram. 360. 

 JSr. Zoo/. 92. plate P. 1. f. 1, 



Arct. Zool, ii. 28. 



7- Ring- 

 Ouzel. 



X HESE birds are superior in size to the black- Descrip- 

 bird : their length is eleven inches ; their breadth 

 seventeen. The bill in some is wholly black, in 

 others the upper half is yellow : on each side of 

 the mouth are a few bristles : the head and 

 whole upper part of the body are dusky, edged 

 with pale brown : the quil feathers, and the tail 

 are black. The coverts of the wings, the upper 

 part of the breast, and the belly are dusky, 

 slightly edged with ash-color. The middle of 

 the breast is adorned with a crescent, the horns 

 of which point to the hind part of the neck; 



