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BRITISH BIRDS. 
THE RING OUZEL. 
{Turdus Torquatusy Lin . — Le Merle a Plajlron Blanc , Buff.) 
This bird very much refembles the Blackbird ; 
Its general colour is of a dull black or dulky hue, 
each feather being margined with a greyilh afh 
colour ; the bill is dulky, corners of the mouth 
and infide yellow ; eyes hazel ; its breall is diff 
tinguilhed by a crefcent of pure white, which al- 
molt furrounds the neck, and from whence it de- 
rives its name ; its legs are of a dulky brown. 
The female differs in having the crefcent on the 
breall much lefs confpicuous, and in fome birds 
wholly wanting, which has occafioned fome au- 
thors to confider it as a different fpecies, under the 
name of the Rock Ouzel. 
