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as by pre-eminence, no less than its scientific 

 appellation, indicates the prevalent opinion of its 

 powers as a musician, in a Family where nearly 

 all the members are musical. Its notes, usually 



SONG-THRUSH. 



uttered from the very summit of a tree, and day 

 after day from the very same twig, are loud and 

 clear, with a richness and fulness peculiar to the 

 Thrushes. At morning and evening the woods 

 resound with the melodious chaunt of this charm- 

 ing bird, frequently prolonged into the night; 

 and if the weather be dull, the song is often con- 

 tinued with little intermission through the day. 

 It has been remarked by more observers than one, 

 that a bird's song has not only a character com- 



