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BROWN THRUSH. 



{Harporhynclius Eufus.) 

 This species, sometimes called the hedge thrush, is 

 pretty common along the roadside and fields, where 

 there are bushy places especially. It is a little larger 

 than the robin, dark russet brown above and a bluish 

 drab below, tail and bill long. No song in particular. 

 This bird feeds on insects and berries which it finds in 

 the woods. It builds its nest in hedge-rows and bushes, 

 composed of sticks and rough m aterial lined with grass. 

 Eggs, four; the groundwork a light gray thickly freck- 

 led with brown. 



BLUE-BIRD. 



{Si alia Sialis. ) 



A member of the warbler family is this bright fel- 

 low. They return to us in early spring, sometimes as 

 soon as the third month (March) appearing in large 

 flocks and roving over the fields and meadows, picking 

 the seeds out of last year's weeds and plants. They 

 are a beautiful bright blue above, and have a chestnut 

 red on the breast, also a little white underneath. 

 They are very pretty singers, their note is a soft war- 

 ble which we hear more frequently during the early 

 part of the season. They often make their nest in a 

 keg or some other convenient place around the dwell- 

 ing of man. They also build in hollow trees and holes 

 in posts and other places. Their nest is composed of 

 the same material as the preceding species. Eggs, 

 four; light blue uniform. They are smaller than the 

 robin's, roundish oval. 



