ring ouzel

English
ring ouzel, Turdus torquatus

Noun

ring ouzel (plural ring ouzels)

  1. Turdus torquatus, a European thrush, similar to the common blackbird, but with a ring of white feathers at its neck.
    Synonym: Michaelmas blackbird
    • 1899 September, C. Trollope, “The Haunt of the Ring-Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)”, in The Zoologist‎, volume 3, page 403f:
      Some birds seem to belong to all scenery alike; others love only the waste common land, the stream, or the sea-shore; while a third division, οἱ εκλετόι (the elect), are only to be found in one or two favoured counties in the whole of England. Of these last are the Ring-Ouzels.
    • 1900 January, W. Storrs Fox, “The Ring-Ouzel in Derbyshire.”, in The Zoologist‎, volume 4, number 703, page 1f:
      In recording my observations on the Ring-Ouzel (Turdus torquatus), I have no expectation of writing anything original. But I think it possible that personal notes on this interesting bird may be acceptable to those ornithologists who are less familiar with it than I am.

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