THE SONG THRUSH. 



The call and alarm notes of the Song 

 Thrush are very difficult to convey by 

 the characters of the alphabet. The 

 former sounds something like sik t sik, 

 sik, sik, siki, tsak, tsak, and the latter 

 quep and wich-it-tit. The song has been 



YOUNG SONG THRUSHES 

 WAITING FOR MOTHER 



rendered by the words, " Go-it, go-it, 

 stick-to-it, stick-to-it, you'11-do-it, you'll- 

 do-it," but by far the best representation 

 is that of the great Scottish naturalist, 

 Macgillivray, which I have quoted at 

 length in " Our Bird Friends." 



Throstles live principally upon worms, 

 grubs, and snails, and they have a habit 



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