142 TREATISE ON 



bird : we have often watched with the utmost at- 

 tention, whilst it was singing delightfully in the 

 midst of a bush close at hand, but have seldom 

 been able to obtain a sight of it." — As this is a soft- 

 billed bird, we think the yoimg and the old birds 

 ought to be fed and managed in the same manner 

 as the nightingale, &c. 



