SONG THRUSH. 3 



of the berries of Mountain Ash, Yew, Hawthorn, Ivy, Juniper, 

 and Holly. 



The berries of the Mistletoe are also a favourite food of the 

 Thrush. Linnoeus calls it viscivorus, i.e. Mistletoe-eating, and 

 Aristotle mentions a name of the same meaning, as given to the 

 bird in his day. 



TURDUS MUSICUS— Song Thrush. 



THROSTLE. 



The varying Thrush commands a tuneful maze. 



Savage.— 2%e Wanderers. 



Sing on sweet Thrush, upon the leafless bough, 

 Sing on sweet bird, I listen to thy strain. 



Burns. 



That's the wise Thrush ; he sings each song twice over 

 Lest you should think he never could recapture 

 The first fine ceaseless rapture. 



Browning. 



So far as songs may be imitated by words, certain passages 

 in the Thrush's song may be expressed thus — 



Judy, Judy, Judy : Bo-peep, Bo-peep, Bo-peep, Bo-peep : How d'ye do, 

 How d'ye do ! ! 



The mavis wild with many a note, 

 Sings drowsy day to rest. 



Burns. 



But it is not in the evening only that the Thrush's cheerful 

 and varied song is heard. He greets the earliest dawn, and some- 

 times seems as if he never took food or rest all day long. 



The Song Thrush is very common throughout the county. 

 Great numbers were destroyed by the severe winter of 1 880-1, and 

 they are still much less numerous than formerly. It is a bird of 

 quiet, gentle habits, and whose wild and varied song is always 

 welcome. 



