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See also:BLACKBIRD (Turdus See also:merula) , the name commonly given to a well-known See also:British See also:bird of the Turdidae See also:family, for which the See also:ancient name was See also:ousel (q.v.), Anglo-Saxon See also:lisle, See also:equivalent of the See also:German Amsel, a See also:form of the word found in several old See also:English books. The plumage of the male is of a See also:uniform See also:black See also:colour, that of the See also:female various shades of See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown, while the See also:bill of the male, especially during the breeding See also:season, is of a See also:bright See also:gamboge yellow. The blackbird is of a shy and restless disposition, courting concealment, and rarely seen in flocks, or otherwise than singly or in pairs, and taking See also:flight when startled with a See also:sharp shrill cry. It builds its See also:nest in See also:March, or See also:early in See also:April, in thick bushes or in See also:ivy-clad trees, and usually rears at least two broods each season. The nest is a neat structure of coarse grass and See also:moss, mixed with See also:earth, and plastered internally with mud, and here the female See also:lays from four to six eggs of a See also:blue colour speckled with brown. The blackbird feeds chiefly on fruits, See also:worms, the larvae of See also:insects and snails, extracting the last from their shells by dexterously chipping them on stones; and though it is generally regarded as an enemy of the See also:garden, it is probable that the amount of damage by it to the See also:fruit is largely compensated for by its undoubted services as a See also:vermin-killer. The notes of the blackbird are See also:rich and full, but monotonous as compared with those of the See also:song-See also:thrush. Like many other singing birds it is, in the See also:wild See also:state, a
mocking-bird, having been heard to imitate the song of the See also:nightingale, the crowing of a See also:cock, and even the cackling of a See also:hen. In confinement it can be taught to See also:whistle a variety of tunes, and even to imitate the human See also:voice.
The blackbird is found in every See also:country of See also:Europe, even breeding—although rarely—beyond the See also:arctic circle, and in eastern See also:Asia as well as in See also:North See also:Africa and the See also:Atlantic islands. In most parts of its range it is migratory, and in See also:Britain every autumn its See also:numbers receive considerable See also:accession from passing visitors. Allied See also:species inhabit most parts of the See also:world, excepting Africa See also:south of the See also:Sahara, New See also:Zealand and See also:Australia proper, and North See also:America. In some of these the legs as well as the bill are yellow or See also:orange; and in a few both sexes are glossy black. The See also:ring-ousel, Turdus torquatus, has a dark bill and conspicuous See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:gorget, whence its name. It is rarer and more See also:local than the See also:common blackbird, and occurs in See also:England only as a temporary See also:spring and autumn visitor.
End of Article: BLACKBIRD (Turdus merula)
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