THE WARBLERS. 



1 Pipit Lark, as he appears in the act of descending from his song-flight. 2 Woodlark. 3 Thrush. 4 Blackbird. 5 Skylark, male, female, and nest 



These are all British Birds. The Thrush, or Throstle, sings from the commencement of spring to the 

 close of summer, with untiring note. Its song is full of sweetness and variety. The song of the Blackbird 

 is less varied but richer and mellower. He breaks the shell of the snail against a stone, to get at the ani- 



iiS' f T n e f T / ark tnb f do n ,°V h ° P ' like the S P arrow ' but ™ lk or r « n - The ^rlark is one of the most 

 celebrated of a 1 the songster* of Europe. It builds on the ground, and lays five eggs in its nest, Selby 

 says the I ipit Lark is in reahty the comniorTfrpit in its renewed and winter plumage. Its changes of 

 plumage during the summer occasions some confusion in assigning its proper place among birds. 

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