94 THE RIVER-SIDE NATURALIST. 



narrowly with her dark, lustrous eye. Andrew Marvel 



says : 



" And through the hazels thick, espy 

 The hatching thrussel's shining eye." 



Burns also : 



"An' she's twa glancing sparklin' een." 



Often on returning late from the river our ears are 

 greeted with the song of this bird singing the " drowsy 

 day to rest." 



The thrush sings almost all the year round, from the 

 earliest spring till " chill October." 



The late Frank Buckland, in Land and Water, gives 

 the following very characteristic wording of the thrush's 

 song : 



" Knee-deep, knee-deep, knee-deep ; 

 Cherry-du, cherry-du, cherry-du, cherry ; 

 White hat, white hat ; 

 Pretty joey, pretty joey, pretty joey." 



Macgillivray gives another version : 



" Qui qui qui, kween, quip, 

 Tiurru, tiurru, chipiwi ; 

 Too-tee too-tee, chiu-choo, 

 Chirri, chirri-chooee, 

 Quiu-qui, qui." 



Harting (" Ornithology of Shakespeare ") says : " It 

 must be admitted by all who have paid particular attention 

 to the song of the thrush, that this is a wonderful imita- 

 tion as far as words can express notes, and this is rendered 

 more apparent if we endeavour to pronounce the words by 

 whistling." 



THE BLACKBIRD. 



The BLACKBIRD (Turdus merula), of the same family as 

 the thrush. 



" The ousel cock, so black of hue, 

 With orange tawny bill." 



