40 THRUSHES 



THRUSHES. 



To the Thrush family belong the Bluebird and 

 Robin, as well as all Thrushes so named except the 

 Brown Thrush, which with the Catbird and Mocking- 

 bird is classed with the Wrens, and the Golden- 

 crowned and Water Thrushes, which are placed 

 among the Warblers. 



The Thrush family holds a high place in the scale 

 of bird development, and the true Thrushes have 

 voices of incomparable richness and beauty. 



