ferruginous thrush. 117 
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but Would import, and as some people believe, 
'*'* ^wn ; and have considerable resem- 
of]j . ? bhe notes of the song- thrush {turdus musicus) 
a thf,r‘^'‘i’ Early in May he builds his nest, choosing 
**Plino'*^ bush. Ion- cedar, thicket of briers, dogwood 
Mt|,j ®’ cluster of vines, for its situation, generally 
COUjjj ‘ “ ^ow feet of the ground. Outwardly, it is 
<iiij small sticks ; then layers of dry le.aves, 
■lily’ lined with line fibrous roots; but without 
bve, thickly sprinkled with 
Ifrains, on a very pale bluish ground. They 
**‘“1 b* d “ "casou. Like all birds 
the Sat ' ' ’'*'® be shews great anxiety for 
'’lack yonng, and often attacks the 
Sttcug , ,‘*"'‘( 1^0 tbeir defence; generally, too, with 
aiid in'*’ strength being greater, and his bill stronger 
the L Powerl'ul, than any other of his tribe within 
Sfrjt„?***“4 t^tates. His food consists of worms, which he 
Of bgj, '*** Icom the ground, caterpillars, and many kinds 
iiiseot' Ecetles, and the whole race of coleopterous 
^bcrcv(-r he can meet with them, are sure to 
the ||;n , e is accu.sed, by some people, of scratching up 
Partly t Indian corn, in planting time ; this may be 
1 jiuf ’ but, for every grain of maize he pilfers, 
^rtic ?®'^^aaded, he destroys five hundred insects ; 
large dirty-coloured grub, vt ith a black 
IfTiiii’ "bleb is more pernicious to the com, and other 
^^atliup®, '’cgetablcs, than nine-tenths of the whole 
Scu,,f ll‘ ’’ace. lie is an active vigorous bird, flies 
loiij, low, from one thicket to another, with his 
“ri,?|, '’”ad tail spread like a fan ; is often seen about 
bote or bramble bushes, along fences ; and has a single 
*ylvu| ■_ •^biick, when you approach his nest. In Penn- 
'Ibout'?.’ “''® numerous, but never tly in docks- 
''’ell (. of September, or as soon as they have 
*bVeryi®®®''®ced from moulting, in which tliey suffer 
f^*'OUii-h’ fiisappear for the season. In passing- 
[?'‘asV * *e southern parts of Virginia, and south as 
‘'Uggj.j^‘’ocgia, in the depth of winter, I found them 
S Hi sheltered situations, particularly on the 
