INTRODUCTION. 



MISSEL THRUSH 

 EXPECTANT. 



varying phases 



of the avian 



mind as express- 

 ed upon the 



counten ance 



will, I think, be 



conceded upon 



an examination 



of the accom- 

 panying three 



pictures of a 



missel thrush at 



home. In the 



first the bird 



is at peace and happy. 



anxiously expecting something of importance to 



happen in her nest ; and in the third she is 



bored and an- 

 noyed, because, 

 do what she 

 will, her chicks 

 refuse to be 

 covered and 

 keep thrusting 

 their heads from 

 beneat.h her 

 plumage to gasp 

 for a breath of 

 fresh air. 



In the second she is 



MISSEL THRUSH 

 BORED AND ANNOYED. 



