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SPECIES V. The Blackbird. 
[Clafs II. 
JVtL orn. 190. 
Rail Jyn. av. < 55 - 
Brijfon av. II. 227. 
TH I S very common bird requires no 
defcription: it is very folitary , fre¬ 
quents hedges and thickets, in which it 
builds earlier than any other bird : the neft is 
formed of mofs, dead grafs, fibres, &c. lined or 
plaiftered with clay, and that again covered with 
hay or finall ftraw. It lays four or five eggs of a 
Merula. Gejner av. 6 02. 
Turdus merula. Lin. fyji. 170. 
bluifh green color, marked with irregular dufky 
fpots. The note of the male is extremely fine, 
but too loud for any place except the woods : it 
begins to fing early in the fpring, continues its 
mufic part of the fummer, defifts in the moulting 
feafon 'j but refumes it for fome time in the firft 
winter months. 
SPECIES IV. The Ring-ouzel. Plate P. 1. Fig. 1. 
Wil. orn. 194. Rock or Mountain- 
ouzel 195. 
Rail Jyn . av. 65. 
Mwyalchen y graig, Camden 
Brit. 795. 
^HE ring^oazel inhabites the mounta- 
nous parts of thefe iflands; and are 
found in fmall flocks of five or fix. 
In fize they are (uperior to the black bird : their 
length is eleven inches ; their breadth feventeen. 
The bill in fome is wholly black, in others the 
upper half is yellow : on each fide the mouth are 
a few briftles : the head and whole upper part of 
the body are dufky, edged with pale brown : the 
quil feathers, and the tail are black. The coverts 
Morton Northampt. 425. 
Brijfon av. II. 235. 
Merula torquata. Gefner. av. 607. 
Turdus torquatus. Lin. fyji. 170. 
of the wings, the upper part of the breaft, and 
the belly are dufky, flightly edged with afh color. 
The middle of the breaft is adorned with a white 
crefcent, the horns of which point to the hind 
part of the neck. In fome birds this is of a pure 
white, in others of a dirty hue. In the females 
and in young birds this mark is wanting, which 
gave occafion to fome naturalifts to form two 
fpecies of them. 
SPECIES VII. The Water-ouzel. Plate P. 1. Fig. 2. 
Merula aquatica. Gefner av. 608. 
Sturnus cinclus. Lin. Jyf 168. 
The water-ouzel, or water crake. 
Wil orn. 149- 
Raii fyn. av. 66- 
HIS bird frequents fmall brooks, par¬ 
ticularly thole with fteep banks, or 
that run thro’ a rocky country. It is 
of a very retired nature, and is never feen but 
Angle, or with its mate. It breeds in holes in 
the banks, and lays five white eggs adorned with 
a fine blufh of red. It feeds on infers and fmall 
fifh; and as Mr. Willoughby obferves, tho’ not 
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