INTRODUCTION 



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MISSEL THRUSH 

 EXPECTANT. 



varying phases 

 of the avian 

 mind as express- 

 ed upon the 

 countenance 

 will, I think, be 

 conceded upon 

 an examination 

 of the accom- 

 panying three 

 pictures of a 

 missel thrush at 

 home. In the 

 first the bird 

 is at peace and happy. In the second she is 

 anxiously expecting something of importance to 

 happen in her nest ; and in the third she is 



bored and an- 

 noyed, because, 

 do what she 

 will, her chicks 

 refuse to be 

 covered and 

 keep thrusting 

 their heads from 

 beneath her 

 plumage to gasp 

 for a breath of 



MISSEL THRUSH r , 



BORED AND ANNOYED. U.C&U dil . 



