58 THE SONG THRUSH. 



DESCRIPTION. 



This species is eight inches and a half long, of which the 

 tail occupies three inches and a half; the beak is nine lines 

 long, horny-brown beneath, and from the middle to the base, 

 yellow; the irides nut-brown; the feet pale lead-color, one 

 inch high; the whole of the upper part of the body olive- 

 brown ; the throat whitish-yellow, with a black stripe extend- 

 ing down its sides; the sides of the neck and breast, pale 

 reddish-yellow, with numerous dark-brown, heart-shaped 

 spots; the abdomen white, with oval dark-brown spots; the 

 inside coverts bright orange-yellow ; the pinion feathers grey- 

 brown ; the tail feathers the same. 



THE SONG THRUSH. 



In the female, the two black lines of the throat consist of 

 small stripes, and the breast is pale yellowish- white. 



FOOD AND MANAGEMENT. 



The food of the song thrush, in a state of liberty, consists 

 generally of earth worms, but in autumn they eat berries of all 

 kinds. Earth worms constitute their chief sustenance, with 

 which they also feed their young. They are easily fed in con- 

 finement, and the universal paste is an agreeable delicacy to 

 them. Barley meal, or merely wheat bran, wetted with water 

 is sufficient to nourish them. But to get them into a state fit 

 for song, they must have a more generous diet, such as roll, 

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