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S014G-THKUSH, 
l 5 OR MAVIS, 
hafa" tl ‘ an ,^ b3Cfc ’ 
and hT r r 8 I the ^reafi 
* ' , " yfeem darker > and brighter iikewife, 
an " ra,aer more white appears on his belly 
A is obJervable, that in the cocks and hens 
Ot all kinds of birds, where the colours are the 
a “ e ln bot ; 1 > yet the cock-bird confiantlv ex- 
cels the hen in the refplenjdency of his feathers ■ 
the Song-Thrufh, in an old bird, this dif- 
rerence is apparent ; but then we are not put 
,0 ^ uck difficulties to know the cock, he fuffi- 
ciently difeovers himfelf by his fine fong. 
-In young Ihrufh.es, I would always chufie the 
fiieekeft and brighteft bird when they begin to 
feed themfelves, both cocks and hens will re- 
cord t, the cock will get upon his perch, and 
fing his notes low, for fome time ; the hen will 
attempt to fing, but do it only by jerks, and fo 
difappoint your expectation. At the latter end 
of the Summer, when their moulting is over,, 
the cocks will break out ftrong in fong, and 
fing in Winter as well as Summer. 
J ime and Manner of building her Nef . 
This bird breeds very early in the Spring, 
nearly as foon as the Black-Bird ; fhe com- 
monly has young ones by the end of March, or 
beginning of April, I faw a lie ft of young about 
