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holes of which, from six to ten feet from 

 the ground, he always breeds. The young 

 should be fed in the same manner as the 

 young of the Mocking-bird, to whom he is 

 nearly related; and when of a sufficient 

 age, he may be kept upon the same food 

 as it, or any other of the Thrush tribe. 

 His diseases, as indeed those of a& birds, 

 may be treated like the Canary, or the 

 last mentioned songster. 



