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scon by the middle of Mareh ; and on August 9tb, 1883, I came across a nest near Brighton in wl.ich tlm e...rs 
were just on the point of hatching. ° 
inv brought out early in the season may not unfrequently he observed supplying food to 
juvcmlcs yonnger and more helpless than themselves. Thrushes arc seldom quarrelsome unless pressed by 
ant; and more than once I have seen them show a disposition to put a stop to the pugnacious ball of 
tlmir smaller feathered companions. On one occasion late in April, wl.ilo watching a furious battle between 
a couple of Sparrows on a lawn, a Thrusl,, wlio was quietly searching for worms at a sliort distance Inpnened 
andlTtllrm1untiuT‘“v""rt;"l'“^^ l.is feathers 
went at them full t.lt, knocking botli out of tune and dfeetually putting a stop to the fight. 
of tllmllc r “<> The marl-ings on the breast 
of the male, however, are somewhat brighter and more distinct, while the bird is also slightly larger 
