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Definition of Ring blackbird

1. Noun. European thrush common in rocky areas; the male has blackish plumage with a white band around the neck.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ring Blackbird

Literary usage of Ring blackbird

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nature by Norman Lockyer, Nature Publishing Group (1875)
"ring blackbird J. PARK HARRISON 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 ..."

2. Provincial Names and Folk Lore of British Birds by Charles Swainson (1885)
"So called from the white gorget on the bird's breast, which resembles a necklace, hence the French Blanc collet, and the names— ring blackbird. Ring thrush. ..."

3. The National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge (1853)
"... by its white crescent-shaped gorget; this is small and less purely white on the female, and in the young males is reddish white. ring blackbird 'Manila ..."

4. The Folk Lore and Provincial Names of British Birds by Charles Swainson (1886)
"So called from the white gorget on the bird's breast, which resembles a necklace, hence the French Blanc collet, and the names— ring blackbird. Ring thrush. ..."

5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"Ring-crib, a crib, or section of tubbing in a shaft arranged with an open top to collect falling water. RING-BLACKBIRD, the ring ouzel, ..."

6. Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds by George Montagu, James Rennie (1831)
"... in perfect amity—a common pigeon, ring dove, white owl, and sparrow hawk, of which the ring dove was master. RING OUZEL.—A name for the ring blackbird. ..."

7. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"... White's Thrush (occasional only) ; the Song-Thrush ; the Fieldfare ; the Redwing ; the Blackbird ; and the Ring-Ouzel, or Ring-Blackbird, are British. ..."

8. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1835)
"Bechstein after remarking on the striking resemblance in the gait, in the motion of the wings and tail, and in the call of the ring-blackbird, with those ..."

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