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ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS. 
THE THRUSH. 
Varieties of, 65 ; missel-thrush, | 
66 ; nest of missel-thrush, 67 ; red- j 
wing-thrush, 68 ; fieldfare, the, 69 ; 
ring-ouzel, the, 70 ; water-ouzel, or 
dipper, the, 71 ; song-thrush, habits 
of, 73 ; song-thrush, its nest, 74 ; 
song-thrush, services to agricultu- 
rists, 75 ; song- thrush, time for 
nesting, 75 ; song-thrush, powers of 
imitation, 76 ; cage of, 78 ; food 
of, 79 ; diseases of, and how to cure j 
them, 79. 
THE TITLARK. 
Nest of, 179 ; time to take nest- 
lings, 179 ; cage of, 180 ; food of, 
180 ; diseases of, and how to cure 
them, 180. 
187 ; ox-eye tit, 188 ; coletit, 189 ; 
song of, 189 ; long-tailed or bottle- 
tit, 190 ; diseases of, and how to 
cure them, 191. 
THE WOODLARK. 
Dissimilarity from the skylark, 
181 ; plumage of, 1 81 ; nesting and 
snaring of, 181 ; food of, 182 ; 
diseases of, and how to cure them, 
183. 
THE WREN. 
Description of, 220 ; nest and 
nesting, 221 ; nestlings, 221 ; food 
of, 221 ; diseases of, and how to 
cure them, 222 ; golden-crested, 
the, 222. 
THE YELLOWHAMMER. 
TITMICE. 
Varieties of, 185; gardeners’ dis- 
like to, 185 ; plumage of, 185 ; beak 
of, 186 ; strength of beak of, 186 ; 
nest and eggs of, 187 ; snaring of, 
Family of, 218 ; to distinguish 
the cock from the hen, 218 ; nest- 
ing and trapping of, 218 ; food of, 
219 ; cage of, 219 ; diseases of, and 
how to cure them, 219. 
