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THE THRUSH. 



Turdiis inusicus. 



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ELL distinguished as the '^Song 

 Thrush/^ this bird, as such a 

 namedenotes, is possessed of one 

 of the niost melo dious vo ices to 

 be found in the list of British 

 song birds. 



Thoroughly familiar it is, 

 and exceedingly popular as a 

 cage-bird ; but beautifully as 

 the Thrush will sing in confine- 

 ment, it is vvhen, in early morn, 

 or as evening twilight advances, 

 the Thrush has taken up a 

 favourite position upon the 

 withered bough of a tree, that 

 his song is heard to the greatest 

 perfection. Clear, yet full of 

 mellowness — now pealing out 

 a phrase of wild bluff heiirtiness, 

 and anon with long-drawn note 

 tinged with exquisite pathos — 

 the song of the Thrush strikes 

 >a responsive chord in the heart 

 of every hearer. Indeed, under 

 the name of the Mavis, and 



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