or BIRDS. 
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THRUSH. 
The Thrush is one of the most delightful 
of our rural songsters, enlivening the woods 
and groves, during the spring and summer 
seasons, with its melodious notes. His tone 
is loud and sweet; the melody of his song is 
varied; and, although not so deep in the 
general diapason of the woodland concert, 
as that of the black bird, yet it fills up agree- 
ably, and bursts through the inferior notes 
of smaller performers. He is called also the 
Missle-bird; we should suppose from his 
breast, which is of a yellowish white, spotted 
all over with black dashes, like ermine spots, 
it feeds on insects, holly, and missletoe-ber- 
ries ; and sometimes emits a very disagreea- 
ble scream when frighted or disturbed. 
