DIVISION I. 



FOREIGN BIRDS. 



PART I. 



THRUSHES. Turdi. 



CHAPTER I. 



EUROPEAN BLACKBIRD. Turdus merula. 



THIS beautiful and highly appreciated 

 bird is at once the largest, and one of the 

 sweetest songsters of his tribe, which are 

 found in confinement. His song, which is 

 clear and thrillingly sweet in its cadences, 

 strongly resembles the mellow breathings 

 of the flute; and is heard from the summit 

 of a tall bush or tree, from among the low 

 thickets which he frequents, and which 



