. A practical treatise on British song birds : in which is given every information relative to their natural history, incubation, &c. : together with the method of rearing and managing both old and young birds / . at the cage be notsuffered to get foul, for many valuable birdsare often entirely lost through inattentionto these particulars. 52 THE THRUSH, THE THRUSH. The Thrush is rather less than the black-bird ; its plumage is of a deep olive colouron the head, neck, back, wings, and tail;and its throat, breast, and belly, are of ayellowish white, marked with a number ofdusky spots: its legs
. A practical treatise on British song birds : in which is given every information relative to their natural history, incubation, &c. : together with the method of rearing and managing both old and young birds / . at the cage be notsuffered to get foul, for many valuable birdsare often entirely lost through inattentionto these particulars. 52 THE THRUSH, THE THRUSH. The Thrush is rather less than the black-bird ; its plumage is of a deep olive colouron the head, neck, back, wings, and tail;and its throat, breast, and belly, are of ayellowish white, marked with a number ofdusky spots: its legs are yellow. The male and female of this bird are somuch alike in colour, that it is extremelydifficult to know the cock from the hen,unless it be by the superior brilliancy of hiscolours. In young thrushes I would al-ways choose the sleekest and brightest they begin to feed themselves, bothcocks and hens will record ; in doing which,the cock will get upon his perch, and sing hisnotes low for some time; the hen will alsoattempt to sing, but will only do it by jerks :at the latter end of Summer, when theirmoulting is over, the cocks will break outstrong in song, and sing in Winter as wellas THMHTgll.
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