206 NATURALIST'S CABINET. 



Description. 



CHAP. X. 



" Hither the vocal thnah repairs ; 



Secure the linnet sings ; 

 The goldfinch dreads no slimy siiarei, 



To clog her painted wings. 



Sad Philomel ! ah, quit thy bannt 

 Yon distant woods among, 



And round my friendly grotto chant 

 Thy sweetly-plaintive song. 



Let not the harmless red-breast fear, 

 Domestic bird ! to come. 



And seek a sure asylum here 



With one that loves his home." 



CRIAVIS. 



THE THRUSH. 



THERE are four or five species of this bird, 

 and all have a straitish bill, bending towards the 

 point, and slightly notched near the end. The 

 inside of the bill is yellow, and at its base are se- 

 veral black hairs, which project forward; the 

 nostrils oval, and for the most part naked ; the 

 tongue slightly jagged at the end, and the corner 

 of the mouth furnished with a few slender hairs,- 

 the upper part of the body is of a dark brown, 



