TITMICE AND THRUSHES. 83 
is another of our most familiar birds, and we both hear 
and see him wherever we go. And even professional 
gardeners, the bitter enemies of most of the feathered 
race, unite in giving to him the praise which he de- 
serves. 
Among the many destructive beings which are 
The Thrush. 
slaughtered in their thousands by the thrush, the 
common garden snail deserves special and particular 
mention ; for it forms, perhaps, the favourite diet of 
the bird. One can scarcely pass through a garden 
without noticing one or more of the stones which 
serve as sacrificial altars, and the number of broken 
