FAMILY Turdidx. 



minds one of the musical ripple of the blacksmith's ham. 

 iner as it bounces upon the anvil between the blows dealt 

 to the red-hot horse-shoe. Could it be possible that the 

 ancestor of this Thrush learned his song near the door- 

 way of Mime's forge! 



If one strings together a succession of the Wood 

 Thrush's triplets the result is rather pleasing : 



Bra,. 



and not altogether different from the following song 

 which was obtained in Englewood, N. J., on Hillside 

 Avenue: 



Hie song of a bird which I listened to in the Arnold 

 Arboretum, near Boston, is not essentially different from 

 either of the above notations: 

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