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VI. The RING-OUZEL, 



Le Merle ou Collier. Belon anj. Eaii Jyn. a^v. 6c. 



3 1 8. Morton Northampt. 42^. 



Merula torqaata. Ge/ner anj. Le Merle a Collier. Brijfon a'v* 



607. ii. 235. 



Merlo alpeftre. Aldr. av. ii. Turdus corquatus. Lin.fyjl. 296. 



282. Faun. Suec.fp. 221. 



Wil orn. 194. Rock or Moun- Dan. Ringdroflel. Noyvegis 



tain-ouzel. 195. Ring Troll. i?r. 237. 



Mwyalchen y graig. Camden Ringlamfel. Kram. 360. 



Brit. 795. Br. ZqcJ. 92. plate P. i. f. i, 



HE ring-ouzel inhabites the mountanous 

 parts of thefe iflands; and are found in fmall 

 flocks of five or fix. In fize they are fuperior to the Defer, 

 black bird : their length is eleven inches ; their breadth 

 feventeen. The bill in fome is wholly black, in 

 others the upper half is yellow : on each fide the 

 mouth are a few bridles : the head and whole upper 

 part of the body are dufky, edged with pale brown: 

 the quil-feathers, and the tail are black. The coverts 

 of the wings, the upper part of the breafl, and the 

 belly are dufky, flightly edged with afli-color. The 

 middle of the breaft is adorned with a white crefcent, 

 the horns of which point to the hind part of the neck: 

 In fome birds this is of a pure white, in others of a 

 dirty hue. In the females and in young birds this 

 mark is wanting, which gave occafion to fome natu- 

 raliils to form twofpeciesof them. 



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