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The Thrush 
T HIS brown thrush, or thrash¬ 
er, looks little, but he is an 
inch longer than the robin. 
He is called “thrasher,” because of 
the way in which he twitches and 
thrashes his long tail when feeding 
upon the ground. He is brown 
above, and his wings are darker, 
with two whitish bands upon them. 
His breast and sides are yellowish white with brown spots scattered over 
them. His wonderful song makes him the rival of the mocking bird. 
The Wood-cock 
W HAT a long bill!” you 
will certainly say. Yet 
he needs it, for he lives 
in wooded bogs and marshes, and 
eats grubs and worms which he digs 
out of the soft mud. That bill is 
sensitive as well as long, for he has 
to select his food wholly by the sense 
of touch. He could not see it, hid¬ 
den in the mud, anyway, for his eyes are set in the upper corner of his 
head, so that he can see any enemy that may be coming. 
The Wood Duck 
HIS picture shows just what the wood duck likes—water in which 
to swim, and woods not far away. For the wood duck builds her 
nest in hollow trees, and fl 
The drake is very beautiful. His 
head is a mixed green and purple, 
with a long silky crest hanging down 
the back of it. There are white 
stripes on his head, neck, and 
throat. His back is green and 
black, and his breast is a rich red¬ 
dish brown, the sides a lighter buff 
with dark bars. 
