ousels

He had been standing a long time in that position, for I saw a pair of ousels passing and repassing scarcely three feet from him, busy in building their nest and regarding his proximity no more than that of a piece of timber.

Wuthering Heights 2002

(Linnets and larks and jays and red-billed ousels)

Punch or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 24, 1920. Various

It appears that redwings and fieldfares are caught by this method also, as well as a few ring-ousels and blackbirds.

Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. Montagu Browne

Wandering down aisles of birdsong to the brink of a river, she drank where the ousels and the stars had been before her, and found comfort and joy.

The Spring of Joy: A Little Book of Healing 1917

It meant that, for a month or two, all through the mesmeric hours that I should spend up to my knees in the swift Dulas, alone with the dippers and the ring-ousels and the plaintive sand-pipers, I should be able to explore, to my own content, this forbidden treasure, searching in the dark soul of Marmaduke

The Tragic Bride Francis Brett Young 1919

The only birds he noticed or cared for were some that were very conspicuous, such as the water-ousels—always particular favorites of mine too.

IX. Outdoors and Indoors 1913

The only birds he noticed or cared for were some that were very conspicuous, such as the water-ousels -- always particular favorites of mine too.

An Autobiography Roosevelt, Theodore 1913

In the same cañon a beautiful Macgillivray's warbler was observed, and two water-ousels went dashing up the meandering stream, keeping close to the seething and roaring waters, but never stopping to sing or bid us the time of day.

Birds of the Rockies 1896

At the time of the author's visit to this idyllic spot a pair of water-ousels had chosen it for a summer residence.

Birds of the Rockies 1896

Very few ousels were observed in our rambles in this region, and no nests rewarded my search, whereas in the vicinity of

Birds of the Rockies 1896