RING OUZEL.
MWYALCHEN Y GRAIG, OF THE ANCIENT BRITISH.
ROCK OTIZEL. RING THRUSH. MOUNTA EN BLACKBIRD.
MOOR BLACKBIRD.
Tardus ¡orquaíus,
Merula (orquala,
PENNANT. MONTAGU.
SELBY. GOULD.
Turdus—A Thrush. Torquatus—Ringed.
T H I S is a bird of the mountain, found almost exclusively in the
wild and uncultivated districts of the country.
I n Europe, its range extends northwards as far as Norway and
Sweden, and southwards to Germany, Italy, France, Switzerland,
Spain, and Holland. In the latter it is rare, which is not to be
wondered at, considering how uusuited that country must be to its
predilections. In Africa, it is also found along the northern shores;
and in Asia, in Syria.
I n Yorkshire it is common enough on high moor lands, though
generally seen only in pairs on the side of some solitary glen or
wild ravine, and is sometimes met with in the more cultivated parts.
Mr. R. Leyland on one occasion saw a flock of upwards of twenty
feeding on the berries of the mountain ash, in a garden near Halifax,
in the month of September. It is also plentiful on the moors near
Sheffield, and has been known to build on Thorne moor—a wild
tract, where I formerly took some rare insects, but cultivation is
gradually encroaching upon it, and in time the record of it will
alone remain. I have noticed a pair on the heathy hill above
Grassington, in Wharfedale, where I have no doubt they are regularly
to be be met with. Mr. J. Lister informs me of its occasional
occurrence near Barnsley. It is not uncommon on the high grounds
above Ilkley, near Otley; so I have been written word by the Rev.