The Song Thrush 



THE bright, cheery notes of this familiar 

 bird are better known than, perhaps, 

 those of any other feathered vocalist. 



The Song Thrush is common nearly all 

 over the country. In fact, wherever two or 

 three bushes grow together there the bird is 

 almost sure to be found. It sings early and 

 late, and loves to pour forth its wonderful 

 melody from the bare branch of a tall tree. 

 On islands such as those of the Outer 

 Hebrides, where only stunted bushes grow, 

 you may sometimes hear it singing whilst 

 it is perched on the top of a chimney-pot. 



The Song Thrush, or Throstle, as it is 

 called in the north of England, feeds upon 

 snails, worms, and grubs. You may have 

 noticed a collection of broken snail shells 

 lying round a stone in your garden. That is 

 surely the work of a Thrush. If you watch 

 the stone some fine morning you will see the 

 bird hop up to it with a snail in her bill and 



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