FERRUGINOUS THRUSH. 



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" ed his abdomen to the extremity, forcing out the sting with the 

 " receptacle of poison/^ 



It is certainly a circumstance highly honorable to the charac- 

 ter of birds, and corroborative of the foregoing sentiments, that 

 those who have paid the most minute attention to their manners 

 are uniformly their advocates and admirers. " He must," said a 

 gentleman to me the other day, when speaking of another person, 



He must be a good man; for those who have long known him 

 " and are most intimate with him respect him greatly and always 



speak well of him/' 



