A SILVER-TONGUED FAMILY 



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Doctor, " unless it is because he builds his nest higher 

 up in trees than most of his Thrush kin. I am very 

 glad you have had a chance to hear and see him at the 

 same time ; for he is one of the home birds you must 

 make a place for in your very inside heart, with the 

 Bluebird and Robin, though he 

 does not return from his 

 winter outing until 

 after these two have 

 begun nesting. 



" When he comes 

 we are sure not 

 only that it is 

 Spring, but that 

 Spring is in a pie 

 ant, good-natured 

 mood — that she 

 is through 

 with the 

 tempers 

 and 

 crying 



fits she suffers from in 

 March and April, and 

 is kissing the buds of 

 the early blossoms of 

 May, coaxing them to open their eyes. When you see 

 the first Wood Thrush hopping among last year's leaves, 

 you may look for jack-in-the-pulpit's pointed nose and 

 green and purple hood. 



" As soon as this Thrush makes up his mind to settle 

 in a certain place, he calls a mate to him with his thrill- 



WooD Thrush. 



