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BRITISH BIRDS. 
THE BLACK OUZEL. 
BLACKBIRD. 
{T urdus Merula , Lin . — Le Merle 3 Buff.) 
The length of the Blackbird is generally about 
ten inches : Its plumage is altogether black ; the 
bill, infide of the mouth, and edges of the eye-lids 
are yellow, as are alfo the foies of the feet ; the 
legs are of a dirty yellow. The female is moftly 
brown, inclining to ruft colour on the break and 
belly ; the bill is dufky, and the legs brown ; its 
fong is alfo very different, fo that it has fometimes 
been miftaken for a bird of a different fpecies. 
Male Blackbirds, during the firft year, refemble 
the females fo much as not eafily to be diftinguifh- 
ed from them ; but after that, they affume the yel- 
