350 FOREIGN BIRDS. 



Woke his flute to wild cadence the Red-breasted- 



TlIRUSH,* 



And the sweet, shy Wood-Robin* was heard with a 



''hushr 

 He, rehearsing his strain, in the woodlands apart, 

 Touched with magical sympathy many a heart, 

 And, at length, his rich notes, bursting forth into song, 

 Thus arrested, in silence, the listening throng : 



Birdf or Ground- Parakeet t lias the upper parts of the body in the 

 female green, in the male blue ; size of a wren ; the bill is red ; 

 back light-blue; belly white; the throat and sides a beautiful 

 rose-colour; the claws are long and hooked, adapted to scoop 

 out holes in the ground, where it takes up its abode and 

 builds its nest, which it lines with straw, moss, cotton, and 

 feathers; eggs grey, with deep yellow spots; the young is fed 

 with insects and small worms : inhabits St. Domingo. 



The Regius, or King-Tody, is blackish-brown, reddish be- 

 neath ; crest chesuut, spotted with white at the tip ; chin and 

 eyelids white; bill dusky-brown ; breast with transverse black- 

 ish lines ; legs flesh-colour. This singular and beautiful species 

 inhabits Cayenne ; it is, however, a very rare bird ; seven inches 

 long. 



The Platyrhyncos, or Broad-billei>-Tod\, is yellowish- 

 brown, beneath yellow ; chin and spot on the crown white ; 

 wings and tail brown ; bill very large and broad ; size of the 

 nightingale. 



The Ohscurus, or Obscure-Tody, is olive-brown; beneath 

 yellowish-white ; size of the hedge-sparrow ; found in North 

 America; feeds on insects. 



* For an account of this bird and the Red-breasted'Thrushf 

 see the Wood-Thrush's Evening Song. 



