. The American bird fancier; considered with reference to the breeding, rearing, feeding, management, and peculiarities of cage and house birds; with remarks on their diseases and remedies; . y its loud and pleasing song, when hung outside of the window, or inside, so that the window be a little open. In Thuringia, it is reputed to articulate words. Its strophe was heard formerly more frequently than it is now. Only old and excellent birds still sing it. This thrush will live from six to eight years, if its food be varied. • . 8* 58 THE SONG THKUSH. DESORIPTIOW. Tms species is eight inches and
. The American bird fancier; considered with reference to the breeding, rearing, feeding, management, and peculiarities of cage and house birds; with remarks on their diseases and remedies; . y its loud and pleasing song, when hung outside of the window, or inside, so that the window be a little open. In Thuringia, it is reputed to articulate words. Its strophe was heard formerly more frequently than it is now. Only old and excellent birds still sing it. This thrush will live from six to eight years, if its food be varied. • . 8* 58 THE SONG THKUSH. DESORIPTIOW. Tms species is eight inches and a half long, of which thetail occupies three inches and a half; the beak is nine lineslong, horny-brown beneath, and from the middle to the base,yellow; the irides nut-brown; the feet pale lead-color, oneinch 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 ofthe neck and breast, palereddish-yellow, with numerous dark-brown, heart-shapedspots; the abdomen white, with oval dark-brown spots; theinside coverts bright orange-yellow; the pinion feathers grey-brown ; the tail feathers the THB SONG THRUSH. In the female, the two blaek lines of the throat consist ofsmall stripes, and the breast is pale yellowish-white. FOOD AND MANAGEMENT. The food of the song thrush, in a state of liberty, consistsgenerally of earth worms, but in autumn they, eat berries of allkinds. Earth worms constitute their chief sustenance, withwhich they also feed their young. They are easily fed in con-finement, and the universal paste is an agreeable delicacy tothem. Barley meal, or merely wheat bran, wetted with wateris sufficient to nourish them. But to get them into a state fitfor song, they must have a more generous diet, such as roll. THE SONG THRUSH. 69 bread, meat, and many other things which come to table, forthey are not dainty. They are fond of bathing. In confinement, this bird is usually placed
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