. Our migrant birds and how to know them . aboveand below. Language.—Song, a low melodious warble, utteredeither when perched or fluttering in the air like a TreePipit. Call-note, tsee. Alarm-note, tweek. Habits.—Flight vacillating. It feeds principally onthe ground, where it runs quickly or hops. Food.—Insects, seeds, and grain. Nest.—June or July. One brood. Site.—In clefts in rocks, amongst a heap of stones, &c. Materials.—Dry grass, roots, and moss, lined withhair, wool, and feathers. Eggs.—Four to six. Greyish white, spotted andblotched with reddish brown and purplish black. RING OUZEL {T
. Our migrant birds and how to know them . aboveand below. Language.—Song, a low melodious warble, utteredeither when perched or fluttering in the air like a TreePipit. Call-note, tsee. Alarm-note, tweek. Habits.—Flight vacillating. It feeds principally onthe ground, where it runs quickly or hops. Food.—Insects, seeds, and grain. Nest.—June or July. One brood. Site.—In clefts in rocks, amongst a heap of stones, &c. Materials.—Dry grass, roots, and moss, lined withhair, wool, and feathers. Eggs.—Four to six. Greyish white, spotted andblotched with reddish brown and purplish black. RING OUZEL {Turdus torquatus). April to Autiunn. Local, though abundant in theNorth. Breeds in West, and in suitable localitiesin the Midlands, east and south. Haunts.—Moorland and moimtainous districts. Observation.—Distinguished at once from Blackbirdby white throat band. Plumage.—Generally sooty, with greyish white edgingsto the feathers. There is no complete ring ; it is abroad white crescentic-shaped gorget. Bill yellowish. RED-BACKED SHRIKE {f>as:c 51)
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