38 THRUSH. 



deeper on the sides of the neck, the rump, and side feathers of the 

 tail ; scapulars edged with the same, and the middle of the feathers 

 of the breast, belly, and sides, with similar markings, forming spots ; 

 middle of the belly and thighs pure white ; quills and two middle 

 tail feathers deep brown, but beneath the tail rufous. 



The female like the male, but the colours less deep. 



Inhabits Silesia and Austria; more frequent in Hungary; probably 

 in the South of Russia ; is found also in Dalmatia, and the South 

 of Italy. 



21 —RING OUZEL. 



Turdus torquatus, Lid. Orn. i. 343. Lin. i. 296. Faun. Suec. No. 221. Gm. Lin.\. 



832. Scop. i. No. 198. Klein, 66. 6. Frisch, t. 30. Brun. No. 237. Kram, 360. 



4. Mutter, No. 242. Faun. Arag. 85. Sepp, Vog. t. p. 17. Borowsk. iii. 170. 9. 



Sepp, Vog. ni. t.123. Tem. Man. d'Orn. p. 90. Id. Ed. ii. 167. Bechst. Deuts. 



iii. 369. t.4. 

 Merula torquata, Bris. ii. 235. Id. 8vo. i. 223. Raii, 65. A. 2. Will. 143. t. 37. 



Gerin. iii. t. 304. 

 Merle a Plastron blanc, Buf. iii. 340. pi. 31. PL enl. 516. male. Id. 182. young bird. 

 Ringdrossel, Naturf. xvii. 84. Id. xxv. 14.- 

 Ring Ouzel or Amsel, Gen. Syn. iii. 46. Id. Sup. 141. Br. Zool. No. 110. pi. 46. 



Id.fol.92. t. p. 1. f. 1. Id. 1812. i. p. 415. pi. 50. Arct. Zool. ii. 344. H. Alb. 



i. pi. 39. Will. Engl. 194. pi. 37. Bolt. Birds, p. 9. pi. 9 & 10. Shaw's Zool. 



x. 227. pi. 21. Bewick, i. pi. p. 92. Graves, Br. Orn. V. iii. pi. 14. Walcot, 



Birds, ii. pi. 202. Donov. Birds, iii. pi. 61. Pult. Dors. p. 10. Orn. Diet, 



THIS is rather larger than a Blackbird ; length eleven inches. 

 Bill blackish, inside of the mouth yellow ; irides hazel ; general 

 colour of the plumage dull black, the margins of the feathers fringed 

 with grey, or ash-colour ; on the breast a large patch of white, passing 

 a little backwards, as a collar. 



The female differs, in having the white crescent on the breast 

 much less conspicuous ; in some birds it is wholly wanting, and in 

 this state is considered as a different species, under the name of Rock 

 Ouzel ; but this last is, no doubt, the young bird.* 



* See Bris. ii. 232. Raii, 67. 12. & 65. A. 3. Will. 144. 2. 



