MK. II. (iUUNEY, JUN., OX THE THRUSH TRIRE IN ENGLAND. ()27 
King Ouzel, Tnnlm ton/mfux, Linn. 
Ill the soutlieni and eastern counties of England, the King Ouzel 
i.s essentially a spring and autumn visitant, but in Scotland it is 
a summer visitant, and has nested at least once in the Orkneys.' 
It is also pretty common at that season in Ireland and AVales. 
Not a few nest in Northumberland and Cumberland, in Lancashire,- 
and in Yorkshire.-' Mr. Evans long ago recorded some nests in 
Warwickshire and Leicestershire.^ Mr. Kriggs says it breeds in 
Derbyshire,'’ and Whitaker and Sterland give one instance for 
Notts. It is believed to have nested several times in Suffolk, one 
of the earliest cases being recorded by my father in 1810. 
The Earl of Kimberley has stated in our ‘ Tian.sactions ’ his con- 
viction that a [lair nested at Kimberley,® and some other supposed 
instances in Norfolk are alluded to.' Mr. Wallis gives an instance 
for Es.se.Kj’' and some nests are on record in Kent.'-' It breeds in 
Cornwall, Devonshire and Somersetshire, and occasionally in 
Wiltshire, also in Shropshire and Herefordshire; and Mr. Kooth 
has evidence of a nest in Sussex in 1805. 
I have on one or two occasions heard of a good numljcr on the 
east coast, though seldom seeing more than one at a time. A great 
gathering took place on the south coast in the autumn of 184b, when 
Mr. C. I). Ellman reported in the ‘Zoologist’ an astonishing number 
passing through Sussex ; large flocks were seen continually on the 
downs for a month, and no one ever recollected so many before.'® 
15ut these are exceptional movements, for on migration it is generally 
met with in small flocks, sometimes live or six, sometimes a score, 
straggling a long distance over a furzy down or a rough common, or 
it may bo some pasture land. 
It was formerly supposed that only one occurrence of the King 
Ouzel in winter was on record but this is now known to be by 
‘ Zoologi.^t,’ liSSO, p. .To. 
- ‘ Birds of Lancashin',’ p. 7. 
•’‘Yorkshire Naturalists’ Trausiictions,’ vol. ix. p. 70; ‘Zoologist,’ 
1885, p. 387. 
■* ‘Zoologist,’ p. 2142. ‘ Zoologist,’ 1840, p. 2482. 
” Yol. ii. p. 48. ‘ A'ol. iv. p. 270. 
‘Zoologist,’ 1870, p. 207. 
® ‘Naturalist,’ 1853, p. 182. Butler’s ‘British Birds’ Eggs,’ p. 28, 
Field,’ April 28th, 1888. 
‘ Zoologist,’ p. 2008. 
" ‘ Yarrell,’ fourth edition, vol. i. 287. 
