. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. If f Ui 194 SINGING BIRDS. insidious enemies of the human species, when approaching the helpless or unfledged young, every art is disijlaycd; threats, entreaties, and reproaches the most pathetic and puwerful, are tried in no eair, and lament, in the most touching strains of sorrow, the bereavement they sufiTer. I know of nothing ecjuai to the burst of grief manifested by these affectionate parents excepting the afflicting accents of suffering humanity. Their food consists o
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. If f Ui 194 SINGING BIRDS. insidious enemies of the human species, when approaching the helpless or unfledged young, every art is disijlaycd; threats, entreaties, and reproaches the most pathetic and puwerful, are tried in no eair, and lament, in the most touching strains of sorrow, the bereavement they sufiTer. I know of nothing ecjuai to the burst of grief manifested by these affectionate parents excepting the afflicting accents of suffering humanity. Their food consists of worms and insects generally; also caterpillars, beetles, and other coleopterous tribes, as well as various kin<ls of berries. In the month of January I obsen'ed this Thrush and the Mocking liird feed on the berries of the sumach. Sometimes they raise up a few grains of planted com. but this is more the effect of caprice than appetite, as the search for grubworms is what commonly induces this resort to scratching up the soil. The Thrasher is an active, watchfiil, shy, and vigorous si)ecies, generally Hying low, dwel- ling among thickets, and skipping from bush to bush with his long sometimes spread out like a (nn. About the first week in October, after moulting, they disappear for the season and pass the winter in the Southern States. By the middle of February, or early in March, they already display their vocal powers in the warmer parts of (Icorgia and West Florida. They are easily reared, and become very familiar anrl amusing companions, showing a strong attachment to the hand that feeiis irr? TTOtects them. In their manners, intelligence, song, and ;_ ..•.y, they nearly ap[)roach to the Mocking IJird, being equally playful, capricious, petulant, and affectionate. The Thrasher is abundant in Massachusetts, and is found in \'er- mont and New Hampshire, but near the Atlantic seaboard does not go lanher north than southern Maine. It occurs regularly in the victr
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