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THRUSH. 



THROSTLE. SONO THEUSH. COMMON THETTSH. MAYIS. 



Turdus musicus, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



Merula musica, SELBY. 



Turdus A. Thrush. Musicus Musical. 



THIS favourite bird is a native of Europe generally, being 

 common, during summer, in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and 

 Russia, from whence it extends over Germany, France, Italy, 

 and Greece. In Asia Minor it is also to be seen. 



It is dispersed over the whole of our islands in England, 

 Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Hebrides, the Orkneys, and 

 Shetland, frequenting a variety of situations the wood and 

 the garden, the thicket and the meadow, the shrubbery and 

 the lawn, the plantation and the cliff. The beautiful song 

 of the Thrush may be continually heard, even in the parks 

 in London, and in Kensington Gardens. 



It remains with us throughout the year, but in the winter 

 many additions to the numbers of our native birds are made 

 from the northern parts of Europe, from whence they are 

 driven by the inclemency of the climate. A north-east wind 

 is their 'favouring gale,' and having recruited their strength 

 for some days after their arrival, they move still farther 

 southwards in our island. 



The Thrush is lively and sprightly in all its actions, neat 

 in its shape, harmless in its habits, pretty, though plain, in 

 its plumage, and familiar in its disposition. It is not, strictly 

 speaking, gregarious, though not a few are frequently seen 

 together. The author of the 'Journal of a Naturalist,' Mr. 

 Knapp, gives the following interesting account of a pair of 

 these birds: 'We observed this summer two Common Thrushes 



