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ring-ouzel
[f. ring n.1]
A bird (Turdus torquatus, closely allied to the blackbird) having a white ring or bar on the breast. (Cf. ouzel 1 b.)
1674Ray Coll. Words, Eng. Birds 86 The Ring Ouzell, Merula torquata. 1676Lister in Ray Corr. (1848) 125 As to that question of a Heath-throstle, I find that the Ring⁓ouzle is so called with us in Craven. 1752Hill Hist. Anim. 493 The black Turdus, with a white ring, the ring Ouzel. 1768Pennant Brit. Zool. I. 229 The ring-ouzel inhabits the mountainous parts of these islands. 1845New Statist. Acc. Scot. XIV. 189 The ring-ouzel is sometimes and the water⁓ouzel frequently met with. 1871Darwin Desc. Man ii. xv. (1890) 455 The..female ring-ouzel (T. torquatus) differs less, and the female common thrush (T. musicus) hardly at all from their respective males. |