298 THE USEFUL BIRDS 



Here shall we dwell in love 

 With the lark and the dove, 

 Cuckoo and corn-rail ; 

 Feast on the banded snail, 



Worm, and gilded fly ; 

 Drink of the crystal rill 

 Winding adown the hill. 



Never to dry. 



With glee, with glee, with glee, 



Cheer up, cheer up, cheer iip ; here 

 Nothing to harm us ; then sing merrily, 



Sing to the loved ones whose nest is near. 



Qui, qui, qui, kweeu, quip, 

 Tiurru, tiurrru, chipiwi. 

 Too-tee, too-tee, chiu choo, 

 Chirri, chirri, choo-ee. 

 Quiu, qui, qui. 



To those of us familiar with the song, the above setting, 

 when carefully whistled, must bring back to memory the joy 

 of last spring and its Thrushes. This is how it appeals to the 

 present writer. 



Both male and female sit in turn upon the eggs to incubate 

 them, and when the young are ready to fly they accompany 

 their parents in search of worms. It is a pretty sight to see 

 an old Thrush teaching one of its progeny to pick up a worm 

 all for itself. 



In the Thrush the garden shell-snail finds an active enemy. 

 It is of much importance to those who love their garden to 

 encourage as many of this species to stay about the place as 

 possible. Young people should be induced to be kindly 

 disposed towards the Thrush, because it is a tame and con- 

 fiding bird, with an interest in life that lends a charm to ours. 

 Busy people need rest : go, therefore, at times into partnership 

 with the bird and the field of the twilight, and get it. Draw 

 from the gloaming its secret of joy. 



