FAMILY Turdide. 
hindermost” until another interruption occurs and one of 
the birds fairly yells to the other in high staccato tones— 
St Twice Sva. 
Taking the Robin according to his average conduct, 
he is a noisy fellow! But there is a host of good cheer 
in his music which the discriminating writer in A 
Masque of Poets early discovered : 
‘<Tn the sunshine and the rain 
I hear the robin in the lane 
Singing ‘ Cheerily, 
Cheer up, cheer up ; | 
Cheerily, Cheerily, Cheer up. ” 
These words fit the following music fairly well: 
