126 TURDIN^. TURDUS. 
62. Turdus toequatus. White-breasted Thrush, or 
Ring-ouzel. 
Male with the bill yellow, the feet olive-brown, the plumage 
blackish-brown, the feathers margined with grey ; a broad se- 
milunar patch of white on the fore part of the breast. Female 
similar, but of a duller and lighter tint, with more grey on the 
wings, the white band tinged with brown. Young dusky, the 
feathers of the upper parts tipped with black, of the lower 
barred with yellowish- white. 
Male, llj, 19, 5*, ih lyV. A; Female, lOj, 18. 
This species, which arrives in April, and departs in Octo- 
ber, betakes itself to the hilly and mountainous districts of 
England, Scotland, and Ireland. It feeds on worms, snails, 
insects, and berries ; forms a nest like that of the Blackbird, 
and lays from four to six eggs, which are pale bluish-green, 
freckled all over with pale brown. 
Ring Ouzel. Rock Ouzel. Tor Ouzel. Mountain Ouzel 
or Blackbird. Moor Blackbird. White* breasted Blackbird. 
Turdus torquatus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 296. — Turdus torqua- 
tus, Temm. Man. d^Ornith. i. 166. — Turdus torquatus. Ringed j 
T hrush or Ring Ouzel, MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, ii, 100. 
63. Turdus Pilaris. Chestnut-backed Thrush, or 
Fieldfare. 
Plead, hind-neck, and rump, grey ; fore part of the back i' 
chestnut ; space before the eye brownish-black ; a whitish line r 
over the eye ; fore neck and breast reddish-yellow ; the fea- 
thers tipped with a brownish-black elongated triangular spot ; 
those of the sides with large dusky spots and margined with ? 
white ; lower wing-coverts and axillar feathers pure white. i| 
Young of the year with duller tints, the feathers of the sides | 
light, with a pale brown or dusky border within the white |1 
margin. i 
Male, 10|, I7i 5|, *, Ij, H. A- Female, 10^, 16^. 
The Fieldfare arrives from the north of Europe in the end 
of October, and returns in the end of April. It is generally l| 
dispersed in large flocks, and feeds on worms, snails, insects, 
and berries, as well as seeds. It roosts on the ground, as well 
as on trees. In form it closely resembles the Black-bird, but | 
in colour is more allied to the species which follow, ii 
Feltyfare. Feldyfar. Feltyflier. Grey- Thrush. ! 
Turdus pilaris, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 291. — Turdus pilaris, I 
Temm. Man. d’Ornith. i. 163. — Turdus pilaris. Chestnut-, 
backed Thrush or Fieldfare, MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, ii. 105. 
