the clumps on tlie sides of the body forming the scapulars
and flank-feathers; and the greater and lesser wing-coverts
lying m rows over the fliglit-feathers.
T u r d u s t o r q u a t u s , Linnaeus*.
THE RING-OUZEL.
Turdus torquatus.
The R in g -O u z e l is a summer-visitor to the British Islands,
arriving regularly in April; and, passing without much delay
over the enclosed and less hilly districts, it repairs to the
wilder and more mountainous parts of the country, where it
spends the summer, returning in September or October, when
it is seen in flocks, and often makes a longer stay. White
of Selborne, who took an especial interest in the appearance
of this bird, mentions that some were seen in the Forest
of Bere on the borders of Hampshire, at Christmas, 1770, a
season which had been marked by almost incessant rain from
the middle of October, but the occurrence of the Ring-Ouzel
* Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 296 (1766).
