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rsh'FIL />'//.7>.s'. 



Tts alarm note is a loud sniacl- or chick, very incisive, and 

 fiviiuontly followed bv a mournful whistle. It also makes a 

 liissinii- or wheezinu- sound, wliieli is often heard when it is 

 defending its young. 





ctt^rbusk.. 



Fig. 59. — I'Vowii riiriisln'r, i«iu"-h;ill' iiatural size. 



The Brown Thrasher feeds largely on insects. As it 

 usually retires during the breeding season to .>^crubby lands 

 or s]irout growth near woodland, it takes very little eulti- 

 vated fruit, and the small amount of eorn it consumes is 

 usually more than made up for by the white grubs taken from 



