4 OUR .\atim: songsters, 



continued, at intcn'als, till July.*' A very sweet 

 song it is, and one heard by all who hve in thf 

 country; for the thnish is found eveiy^vhere in 

 our woods, and often builds its nest by our very 

 doors, rearing its young in the holly, or arbutus. 

 of the garden, or among the ivy-leaves wliich 

 screen the house wall. But this song is Iieard to 

 best ailvanta;^!' wlu-n a number of thrushes sing 

 in thf evening together, among the trees, when 

 the clionis is so rich and melodious, that all must 

 listen to it with delight. Although the song 

 always partakes (»f the same character, yet it is 

 sufficiently dit^i-rent in individuals, fur a goo<l 

 musical ear to detect tlie singing of some one 

 favourite thrush, which may, year after year, build 

 in the same place. Often, too, it seems to arti- 

 culate words quite distinctly. ThiLS, Mr. Broderip 

 menticMis one which, in the course of its singing, 

 expressed sounds which fell on the ear as if it 

 were repeating the words, '' ^ly dear— my prett\ 

 dear— my pretty little dear " — which sounds weri 



• The Song-thru8h is abont nine inched) in length. The whol<- 

 upper pnrts are dark br»)wn ; the throat, aides, an<l breast, jialc 

 yellowish oraugc; the chin and the belly ore white; the whole 

 lower i>art3 nmrkod with triangnlar sput.s of dark brxjwn, arrangM 

 in chaiiitt ; the book and feet are pale brown. 



