THE SONG- THRUSH. 
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bread, meat, and many other things which come to table, for 
they are not dainty. They are fond of bathing. 
In confinement, this bird is usually placed within a trellis, 
or it is put into a large cage of any shape, but at least three 
feet and a half long, and nearly as high; for, being a large and 
wild bird, and in constant motion, it easily injures its plumage. 
It is best that such large birds should have a separate room 
appropriated to them, as their copious excrements smell 
offensively. 
DISEASES. 
The most usual maladies to which this bird is subject are a 
stoppage of the feather glands, constipation, and atrophy. 
