12 Birds Every Child Should Know 



As you might expect of creatures so heavenly 

 in colour, the disposition of bluebirds is partic- 

 ularly angelic. Gentleness and amiability are 

 expressed in their soft, musical voice. Tru-al- 

 ly, tru-al-ly, they sweetly assert when we 

 can scarcely believe that spring is here; and 

 tur-wee, tiir-wee they softly call in autumn when 

 they go roaming through the country side in 

 flocks of azure, or whirl through Southern woods 

 to feed on the waxy berries of the mistletoe. 



THE WOOD THRUSH 



Called also: Song Thrush; Wood Robin; Bell 



Bird 



Much more shy and reserved than the social, 

 democratic robin is his cousin the wood thrush, 

 whom, perhaps, you more frequently hear than 

 see. Not that he is a recluse, like the hermit 

 thrush, who hides his nest and lifts up his 

 heavenly voice in deep, cool, forest solitudes; 

 nor is he even so shy as Wilson's thrush, who 

 prefers to live in low, wet, densely overgrown 

 Northern woods. The wood thrush, as his name 

 implies, certainly likes the woodland, but very 

 often he chooses to stay close to our country and 

 suburban homes or within city parks with a more 

 than half-hearted determination to be friendly. 



