. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. The Thrush Many remarkable anecdotes are told of thematernal love of the hen bird and her clever-ness in systematically driving cats and dogsfrom the vicinity of her young. Confined in largeaviaries, they make life a burden to other birds. Our American wood thrush {Tjirdits timste-limts) is an excellent vocalist, thetones having a rare quality ofrolling vibrance, sweet andplacid and full like thenotes of a flute sounded ^\some morning in theopen country air. Nextto the robin this is themost widely knownof the thrush family. If
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. The Thrush Many remarkable anecdotes are told of thematernal love of the hen bird and her clever-ness in systematically driving cats and dogsfrom the vicinity of her young. Confined in largeaviaries, they make life a burden to other birds. Our American wood thrush {Tjirdits timste-limts) is an excellent vocalist, thetones having a rare quality ofrolling vibrance, sweet andplacid and full like thenotes of a flute sounded ^\some morning in theopen country air. Nextto the robin this is themost widely knownof the thrush family. If the Americanrobin {Alerula migra-toria) is not a domesticbird, we have but few, forhe is a part of our very lives. ^His matin song is familiar fromthe moment of remembrance, hisacquaintance leads him to our verydoors ; he seeks the apple tree nearestto the country house, where he and his matemay build their nest, that they may live closeto their curious friend — man. His song issweet and charged with a variety of The Green Finch We find a far more tranquil conceptionof life among the finches, who are all gay,alert, and good whistlers. Their principalfood consists of seed, berries, worms, etc.;in destroying the latter they do good serviceto farmers. The species named Fringillaespitius is much in demand for aviaries onaccount of its graceful attitudes. The coloris not striking, but if coupled with thecanary, birds of very pretty plumage mayresult. The eggs of this bird when livingin a wild state are extremely hard to linnet (Fringilla eannabina) is muchsought, especially in Germany and Belgium,for the aviary. It is another member of thefinch family. The cardinal grosbeak (Cardinalis cardi-nalis), commonly known as redbird, belongsto the finch family and is a songster aswell as a bird of beautiful plumage and interest-ing habits. Great numbers of these birds havebeen shipped to England, where they have beenknown as Virginia nightingales. Mr. James Lane All
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