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family. It occurred to some that the poor Thrush 

 would be hungry with a seat so constant, and a 

 proposal was made to supply the want. A good 

 deal of difficulty occurred from the fear of dis- 

 turbing her, but it was at last proposed that the 

 food should be tied on the end of a stick ; this 

 was done, and the bird cautiously approached, and 

 took the first offering. The stick was gradually 

 shortened, and in a few days the Thrush fed freely 

 from the hand until the young were half fledged. 

 After this, when the parent was more frequently 

 absent, a visit would immediately bring both male 

 and female, who now uttered angry cries, and 

 struck at the hand when brought near the nest. 

 This bird is frequently kept in confinement, and 

 if placed in a roomy cage, and kept clean, is a 

 tolerable songster. It is a bird, however, which 

 we never like to see confined, and whose notes 

 in this state can never be relished if they have 

 been previously listened to in its native haunts. 



The upper parts of the male are yellowish 

 brown, on the crown and forehead tinted with 

 chestnut brown. The quills and tail are of a 

 deeper tint, and have the margins of the outer 

 webs pale yellowish wood brown ; space between 

 the eye and the bill pale buff orange, together with 

 the auriculars ; the latter have each feather marked 

 with umber brown, and from the clearness of the 

 markings, a streak of that colour stretches from 

 the base of the maxilla and defines the extent of 

 the plumes covering the ears. The throat, neck, 

 and breast, are rich buff orange, having each 



