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SONG THRUSH. 
family. It occurred to some that the poor Thrush 
would be hungry with a seat so constant, and a 
proposal was made to supply the want. A good 
deal of difficulty occurred from the fear of dis- 
turbing her, but it was at last proposed that the 
food should be tied on the end of a stick ; this 
was done, and the bird cautiously approached, and 
took the first offering. The stick was gradually 
shortened, and in a few days the Thrush fed freely 
from the hand until the young were half fledged. 
After this, when the parent was more frequently 
absent, a visit would immediately bring both male 
and female, who now uttered angry cries, and 
struck at the hand when brought near the nest. 
This bird is frequently kept in confinement, and 
if placed in a roomy cage, and kept clean, is a 
tolerable songster. It is a bird, however, which 
we never like to see confined, and whose notes 
in this state can never be relished if they have 
been previously listened to in its native haunts. 
The upper parts of the male are yellowish 
brown, on the crown and forehead tinted with 
chestnut brown. The quills and tail are of a 
deeper tint, and have the margins of the outer 
webs pale yellowish wood brown ; space between 
the eye and the bill pale buff orange, together with 
the aurieulars ; the latter have each feather marked 
with umber brown, and from the clearness of the 
markings, a streak of that colour stretches from 
the base of the maxilla and defines the extent of 
the plumes covering the ears. The throat, neck, 
and breast, are rich buff orange, having each 
