Blackbird
a well-known British names sometimes given to it are the ring the garden ousel, or simply the ousel . A book name is also the black thrush. The male is black, with above, lighter beneath, the throat and the bill yellow; the female is deep brown foreneck pale brown with darker streaks; the young , dusky brown above with dull yellowish streaks, while beneath they have dusky spots. varieties, one of them white. The black- There are several bird is a permanent resident in England.
It feeds in winter on snails, and also on BLACKBOY earthworms and berries. It pairs in February or March. Its nest is bulky, and is composed externally of stalks of grasses, twigs, etc. It lays four (generally five) eggs. They are pale bluish green with darker markings. There is no bird in the United States precisely similar to the European bird here described. There are two American species; the red winged blackbird (argelaius phœniceus) and the crow blackbird (quisculus versicolor).