f 12 NATURALIST'S CABINET. 



Animosity Heath-thrush Red-wing swincpipe. 



neighbourhood, they pursue each other continu- 

 ally, screaming and fighting till the weakest are 

 obliged to shift their quarters. This animosity 

 is not confined to their own species, but extends 

 to every bird, even though much stronger than 

 themselves, that approaches the place where they 

 have fixed their abode. 



<e The stock-dove, the ring-dove, the raven, 

 the cuckoo, and the butcher-bird, are all afraid 

 of the missel thrush, and experience his persecu*- 

 tions. He has the spirit to attack the sparrow- 

 hawk, the kestrel, and the merlin, and I have 

 seen even the buzzard and the kite fly with pre- 

 cipitation upon his approach. However, when 

 the enemy appears too formidable, these birds, 

 forgetting their private resentments, attack him 

 with united force. Their harsh cries of crrrre, 

 crrrre, grrrre, grrrre, trrre, trrre, trrre, trc, trt, tre, 

 trt, repeated in every tone, and with an expres- 

 sion of rage, contribute not a little to the terror 

 inspired by these naturally vindictive birds." 



The same naturalist, upon this occasion relates, 

 that in the vicinity of Paris, he witnessed a com- 

 bat between about ten of these birds and an 

 eagle, in which the latter was completely beaten 

 and put to flight. 



There is another sort found in England, called 

 the heath thrush, as it builds upon heaths and 

 commons, which is of a darker hue than any of 

 the thrush kind, and by some valued for singing. 

 Another sort called the red-wing swinepipe, o? 



