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IN my letter in NATURE, vol. xi. p. 187, I did not refer to the Ring Ousel, for it did not occur to me that anyone would suppose that, with the apparatus of so many standard works on birds, I could fail to identify my bird, if he were a Ring Ousel, male or female. I therefore add that my bird is in no respect (save the prevailing colour) like that species of Turdus. It is exactly like a female blackbird, save that it has a white ruff, in the position of the Barbary Dove's ring, and white spot under the chin. I have never seen a Ring Ousel, or the picture of one, with those characteristics. Besides, the Ring Ousel is migratory, and would hardly be seen till the spring.
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INGLEBY, C. Ring Blackbird. Nature 11, 228 (1875). https://doi.org/10.1038/011228b0
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