THE CAT BIRD. 
scalded Indian meal, juicy fruits, and now and then some 
bread boiled in milk, a few insects, or minced flesh. The 
young, when taken from the nest, may be fed on ripe cherries, 
and other kinds of juicy fruits. 
“ Like all other thrushes,” says Mr. Audubon, “ this is very 
fond of bathing and rolling itself in the dust or sand of the 
roads and fields. Several are frequently seen together in the 
borders a" small ponds or clear rivulets, immersed up to their 
body, splashing the water about them until completely wetted; 
then ascending to the top of the nearest bushes, they plume 
themselves with apparent care, notwithstanding which, they 
are at times so infested with a minute species of louse as to be 
destroyed by it.” 
