having alfo white edges. The Ring or Collar is below the Throat, juft above the 

 Breaft, of a white colour, an inch broad, of the form of a Crefcent, the horns end- 

 ing at the fides of the Neck. ■ • / ;-, . 



It hath eighteen quil-feathers in each Wing j twelve in the Tail, theoutmoft being 

 a little fhorter than the reft 5 four inches long. The exteriour feathers of the Tail are 

 blacker than the middlemoft. The fmall feathers under the Wings whitifh. 



(" In a bird that I defcribed at Rome the edges of the prime feathers of the Wings, 

 as alfo of the covert-feathers of the Head and Wings were cinereous. The ring alfo 

 was not white, but afh-coloured» I fuppofe this was either a young 'bird, or a 



It hath a large Gall,and a round Spleenrln the Stomach we found Infe#s,and Berries 

 like to Currans. Thefe Birds are common in the Alps in Rhcetid and Switzerland : 

 They are alfo found in the mountainous parts of Derbyshire, Torkshire; and elfewhere 

 in the North of England. 



They fay that the Female of this kind hath no ring: Whence I perfwaderiiyfelf 

 that the bird which I fometimes defcribed for the MeruU Saxatilk or Montana, that 

 is, the Roc^Ouzel ofGefner, p. 5 84. was no other than a Hen Ring-Ouzel. * 



' It nearly refembles the common Blackbird in bignefs, figure, and colour 5 yet is hi 

 iome things manifeftly different 3 viz. it is a thought bigger, hath a longer body, and 

 not fo dark a colour. Its length from the tip of the Bill to the end of the Tail was ten 

 inches and an half, to the end of the Claws nine and an half: Its breadth one foot and 

 five inches: Its weight three ounces and two drachms. The top of the Head, the 

 Shoulders, Back, Wings, and Tail, in a word, the Whole upper fide was of a dark, 

 browh Or dusky colour, The number^jfqiiill-feathers in each Wing eighteen. Th<b 

 Tail was four inches and an halflong^flfct forked, black, made up ot twelve fea- 

 thers. The underfide, viz. the Breaft, Belly, &des,Thighs, and under-coverts of the 

 Wings, particoloured of brown and white, or rather cinereous 5 the middle part of 

 each fe'ather being brown, and the borders round about cinereous. 



Its Bill is every way like the common Blackbirds, excepting the colour which in 

 this is of a dark brown, or blackifti. The infide of the mouth, as in that, yellow. 

 The Legs are of a moderate length, and dusky Colour, as alfo the Feet and ClaWs. 



The Guts indifferent large, but not very long, and confequently not having many 

 revolutions : The blind Guts fmall, white, and very fhort, as in the reft of this kind. 

 The Stomach or Gizzard was of a moderate bignefs, filled partly with Infe&s, partly 

 with the purple juyee of Bill-berries, which had alto tinctured all the excrements of 

 the Guts. ^- g) . 



It is ufually converfant about the Rocks and fteep Cliffs of high mountains. This 

 we defcribed was (hot by Fr. Jetfop Efq; on a Cliff or Scar, called Rive-edge, where 

 they dig Mill-ftones, not far from a Village called Bathers-edge in the Mountains of 

 the Peak c& Derbyshire, where the Inhabitants call it RockcOuzel. 



§. IX. 



* The RockOuzel, or Mountain Ouzel of Gefner, called in High Dutch, Berg-Amzd, 

 Merula Saxatilis feu Montana. ' 



IT differs from the Ring-Ouzel, i . In that it wants a Rin|. i. In that the Throat is ; 



* red, with black fpots, the Belly is cinereous, with black fpots. 3 . That the ex- *Jffi>^ m 

 treme edges of the great Wing-feathers are whitifh, and the lefler rows have fome^dredruflet. 

 times white fpots in their middle about their fhafts. _ But thefe differences are not to 

 me fo considerable, as to induce me to believe that this bird is a Species different from 

 the Ring-Ouzel 3 at leaft if it be true, that the Hen in that kind wants a ring, and differs 

 other ways in colour from the Cock, as we have been informed. Yet will we not be 

 very confident or pofitive, tut refer it to further inquiry and obfervation. *ouzeiof two 



To thefe maybe added Aldrovandu* his 1. *MeRula bi color, defcribed col ou r e s .° 

 lib. 16. cap. 12. varied with two colours especially, viz. dusky orblackift, and reddiih fkinto 

 yellow. 2. fMERULiE congener, Aldrov. lib. 16. cap. 1 3. having a red line 1 J he 0l )" el ° 

 neartheBill. 3. *Merul,e congener Ai.iA,\nChap.i^. of the fame Book, *Anodier 

 like to the afh- coloured Butcher-bird. Which, becaufe we have not feen, nor read of ^ ° UZ ei. n tQ 

 elfewhere, we omit : Whofoever pleafes may look out their figures and defcriptions 

 in the places cited. The fecond of thefe Aldrovandu* faw only painted,neither did he 

 fee the firft alive. 



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