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cemented together and lined with clay, and covering 

 the clay with soft materials, as hair, wool, and fine 

 grass. The female lays four or five eggs, of a bluish 

 green colour, spotted all over with brown. The bill is 

 yellow, but in the female the upper part and point are 

 blackish ; the inside of the mouth, and the circum- 

 ference of the eyelids are yellow. The name of this 

 bird is sufficiently expressive of the general colour of 

 his body. He feeds on berries, fruit, insects, &c. 



THE MISSEL THEUSH. (Turdus viadvorus.) 



THE MISSEL THRUSH, so called from its feeding on the 

 berries of the misletoe, differs but little from the Song 

 Thrush, except in size. He is larger than the fieldfare, 

 while the Throstle is smaller. The female lays five or 

 six bluish eggs, with a tint of green, and marked with 

 dusky spots. 



The Song Thrush or Tlirostle, (Turdus musicus,) is one of 

 the best songsters of the evening hymn in the grove. 

 His voice is loud and sweet ; the melody of his song is 



