MOCKERS AND SCOLDERS 



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Gather it, gather it ! 



Thresh it, thresh it ! 



Hide it, hide it, do ! 



(I see it — and you.) 

 Oh ! — rm that famous scratcher, 

 H-a-r-p-o-r-]i-ij-n-c-h-u-s r-u-f-u-s — Thraslier — 

 Cloaked in brown." 



The Brown Thrasher 



Length eleven inches. 



Above bright reddish-V)rown, with two light bands on each wing. 



Beneath yellowish-white, spotted with very dark brown on the 

 breast and the sides. 



Very long tail — about five inches — fan-shaped. 



A Summer Citizen of the United States east of the llocky Moun- 

 tains. 



A famous Ground Gleaner and Seed Sower, 



