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cemented together and lined with clay, and covering 
the clay with soft materials, as hair, wool, and fine 
grass. The female lays four or five eggs, of a bluish 
green colour, spotted all over with brown. The bill is 
3 T ellow, but in the female the upper part and point are 
blackish; the inside of the mouth, and the circum- 
ference of the eyelids are yellow. The name of this 
bird is sufficiently expressive of the general colour of 
his bod} 7 . He feeds on berries, fruit, insects, &c. 
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THE MISSEL THRUSH. (Turdus viscivorus.) 
The Misskl Thrush, so called from its feeding on the 
berries of the misletoe, differs but little from the Song- 
Thrush, except in size. He is larger than the fieldfare, 
while the Throstle is smaller. The female lays five or 
six bluish eggs, with a tint of green, and marked with 
dusky spots. 
Tfw Song Thrush or TJirostle, (Tardus musicus,) is one of 
the best songsters of the evening hymn in the grove. 
His voice is loud and sweet ; the melody of his song is 
