THE SONG THRUSH. 



The call and alarm notes of the Song 

 Thrush are very difficult to convey by 

 the characters of the alphabet. The 

 former sounds something like sik, sik, 

 sik, sik, siki, tsak, tsak, and the latter 

 quep and wich-it-tit. The song has been 



YOUNG SONG THRUSHES 

 WAITING FOR MOTHER. 



rendered by the words, " Go-it, go-it, 

 stick-to-it, stick-to-it, you'11-do-it, you'll- 

 do-it," but by far the best representation 

 is that of the great Scottish naturalist, 

 Macgillivray, which I have quoted at 

 length in "Our Bird Friends." 



Throstles live principally upon worms, 

 grubs, and snails, and they have a habit 



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