. Nature's carol singers. Birds. THE SONG THRUSH. The call and alarm notes of the Song Thrush are very difficult to convey by the characters of the alphabet. The former sounds something like sik, sik, sik, sik, siki, tsak, tsak, and the latter quep and wich-it-tit. The song has been. rendered by the words^ " Go-it, go-it, stick-to-it, stick-to-it, you'U-do-it, you'U- do-it," but by far the best representation is that of the great Scottish naturalist, Macgillivray, which I have quoted at length in " Our Bird ; Throstles live principally upon worms, grubs, and snails,
. Nature's carol singers. Birds. THE SONG THRUSH. The call and alarm notes of the Song Thrush are very difficult to convey by the characters of the alphabet. The former sounds something like sik, sik, sik, sik, siki, tsak, tsak, and the latter quep and wich-it-tit. The song has been. rendered by the words^ " Go-it, go-it, stick-to-it, stick-to-it, you'U-do-it, you'U- do-it," but by far the best representation is that of the great Scottish naturalist, Macgillivray, which I have quoted at length in " Our Bird ; Throstles live principally upon worms, grubs, and snails, and they have a habit. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kearton, Richard, 1862-1928; Kearton, Cherry, 1871-1940, illus. London, New York [etc. ] Cassell and Co. , Ltd.
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