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Thf, Canadian Horticulturist. 



THK IJROWN THRASHER 



^ HE Brown I'hrasher, commonly known hereabout as the Brown 

 Thrush, is not very generally known, otherwise it would not occasion- 

 ally be said that we have no song birds in Canada. Although 

 not a rare bird, he is not common throughout Ontario. Here, at 

 the foot of Lake Ontario, seems to be a favorite locality for him. I 

 have known him by his annual summer residence here, for over a 

 a quarter of a century. Early one morning last June, while walking 



through Cataraqui Cemetery, I had the pleasure of listening to three individuals, 



perched on tree tops, not more than loo rods apart, and have no doubt the 



mate of each was engaged in domestic affairs, not far away. 



I have often heard the " mavis " in the forest skirts -of the British Isles, 



when it seemed as if he had been created for the very {)urpose of cheering the 



Fi(i. S."). — HAKiMiKiivNcnrs KnKis. 



hearts of the human race ; yet not more cheering is his music, than the 

 melodious strains of this Canadian songster. We claim him as Canadian. 

 because here he is born and bred, although he stays with us [ess than half the 

 year, coming about the beginning of May and retiring in September. 



His grandest brilliancy of expression is generally given early in the morning, 

 and that, doubtless, is partly the reason why he is known by so few. The 



