THRUSH. 



birds,' by the superior clearness and ful- 

 ness of his note, which is charming, not 

 only for its concentrated sweetness, but 

 for its constantly changing variety. His 

 song is given in a wild state from a very 

 early portion of the spring to the latter 

 part of the summer, and is continued 

 throughout the greater part of the day; 

 though, as with most other birds, his notes 

 possess more power and depth in the early 

 part of the morning. 



In England, as a cage-bird, with the 

 exception of the Nightingale, he is the 

 most esteemed of all the British songsters; 

 although possessing less romance of cha- 

 racter than that bird, yet his song has 

 more of that rustic vigour and matter of 

 fact than the latter owns, who as it were 

 possesses the refinement and beauty of 

 cultivated, while the other abounds in that 

 of uneducated genius. These two song- 

 sters, in comparison, may be called the 

 Pope and Burns of the feathered race. 



His treatment should be the same as 



