CHAPTER XIV, 



THE ROCK THRUSH AND THE BABBLERS. 



THE Thrushes come next after the Flycatchers. 

 The home Thrush is not found here, nor any bird very 

 like it, but its kindred are very numerous and n.itur- 







The Seven Brothers. 



alists call them all Thrushes. They are mostly much 

 bigger birds than Flycatchers, and are more liberal 

 in their diet, many of them being fond of fruit as 

 well as insects of all sorts and snails and worms and 

 " creeping things" generally. Many are musical. 

 Some feed chiefly on the ground, while others keep 

 to thej trees. In these matters every caste has its 



