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and delicacy of taste. A sprightly and 

 beautiful bird. The plumage of the male 

 is of a dark ashy grey, the head and tail 

 black, with the breast of a bright mahogany 

 red, the throat barred with white and black, 

 the eye of a piercing hazel, surrounded with 

 a ring of white. 



Their treatment is precisely the same as 

 the mocking bird, and in confinement their 

 docility is surprising, coming in and out of 

 the house, and following their owner, they 

 may even be taught to repeat small pieces 

 of music. Birds have been taught to whistle 

 psalm tunes, as dull as old hundred, with 

 methodistical precision, and in confinement 

 they possess a talent for mimicry, and readily 

 acquire the pronunciation of distinct words. 

 Some have been known to whistle tunes 

 with such accuracy, that even eyes and ears 

 were fomid necessary to convince the listener 

 that it was not a flute. 



THE ENGLISH THRUSH. 



(JTurdus Musicus.) 



Of the same tribe of birds, may be readily 

 kept in confinement, on precisely the same 

 treatment. A delightful songster. 



THE BALTIMORE ORIOLE. 



(Oriolus Baltimore.) 



A native resident, possessing brilliant mu- 

 sical powers, with unrivalled splendor of 



