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tail. The last is a good criterion to judge by, per- 

 haps the best that can be given, where both sexes 

 are very like each other in plumage. We may re- 

 mark, that, as the blackbii'd is more shy than the 

 thrush, its haunts are more retired ; for, though 

 it occasionally builds in orchards, gardens, and 

 hedges, we believe it prefers woods, copses, and 

 distant shrubberies, and builds oftener than the 

 thrush in evergreens, such as pines, cypresses, 

 laurels, &c. 



