THE SONG THRUSH, 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tins species is eight inches and a half long, of which the 
tail occupies three inches and a half; the beak is nine lines 
long, horny-brown beneath, and from the middle to the base, 
yellow; the irides nut-brown; the feet pale lead-color, one 
inch high; the whole of the upper part of the body olive- 
brown ; the throat whitish-yellow, with a black stripe extend¬ 
ing down its sides; the sides of the neck and breast, pale 
reddish-yellow, with numerous dark-brown, heart-shaped 
spots; the abdomen white, with oval dark-brown spots; the 
inside coverts bright orange-yellow; the pinion feathers grey- 
brown ; the tail leathers the same. 
THE SONG THRUSH. 
In the female, the two black lines of the throat consist of 
small stripes, and the breast is pale yellowish-white. 
FOOD AND MANAGEMENT. 
The food of the song thrush, in a state of liberty, consists 
generally of earth worms, but in autumn they cat berries of all 
kinds. Earth worms constitute their chief sustenance, with 
which they also feed their young. They are easily fed in con¬ 
finement, and the universal paste is an agreeable delicacy to 
them. Barley meal, or merely wheat bran, wetted with wajer 
is sufficient to nourish them. But to get them into a state fit 
A for song, they must have a more generous diet, such as roll, i 
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