. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. THRUSHES AND THEIR ALLIES 139 in their course. The cup-shaped hollow is very deep, so that when the supporting reeds are bowed low in the breeze the eggs rest perfectly safe. We must pass now to a consideration of the Thrush Tribe, which, as we have already hinted, are very close!)' allied to the Warblers. Birds like the COMMON Thrush and the Blackbird are so common and so well known that they scarcely need comment here. The same perhaps is true of many other members of this group not
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. THRUSHES AND THEIR ALLIES 139 in their course. The cup-shaped hollow is very deep, so that when the supporting reeds are bowed low in the breeze the eggs rest perfectly safe. We must pass now to a consideration of the Thrush Tribe, which, as we have already hinted, are very close!)' allied to the Warblers. Birds like the COMMON Thrush and the Blackbird are so common and so well known that they scarcely need comment here. The same perhaps is true of many other members of this group not popularly associated with the Tiirush Tribe ; such are the Red-BREAST, or ROBIN Red-BREASt, as it is more generally called, and the NIGHTINGALE. Few birds have inspired so many writers as the nightingale; it e\'en holds a place in classical mythology. Professor Newton gives us one variant of a very common but pretty story: " Procne and Philomela were the daughters of Pandion, King of Attica, who in return for warlike aid rendered him by Tereus, King of Daulis in Thrace, gave him the first-named in marriage. Tereus, however, being enamoured of her sister, feigned that his wife was dead, and induced Philomela to take her place. On her discovering the truth, he cut out her tongue to hinder her from revealing his deceit; but she depicted her sad story on a robe which she sent to Procne, and the two sisters then contrived a horrible revenge for the infidelity of Tereus by killing and serving to him at table his son Itys. Thereupon the gods interposed, changing Tereus into a hoopoe, Procne into a swallow, and Philomela into a nightingale, while Itys was restored to life as a. 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 Cornish, C. J. (Charles John), 1858-1906. New York, University Society
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