MOCKERS AND SCOLDERS 



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Gather it, gather it ! 



Thresh it, thresh it ! 



Hide it, hide it, do ! 



(I see it — and you.) 

 Oil ! — Tin that famous scratoher, 

 H-a-r-p-o-r-h-u-n-c-h-u-s r-u-/-u-s — Thraslier 

 Cloaked in brown." 



The Brown Thrasher 



Length eleven inches. 



Above bright reddish-brown, ^vith two light bands on each wing. 



Beneath yellowish-white, spotted with very dark brown on the 

 breast and the sides. 



Very long tail — about five inches — fan-shaped. 



A Summer C'iti/.en of the United States east of the Eocky Moun- 

 tains. 



A famous Ground (leaner and Seed Sower. 



