. Our native birds of song and beauty, being a complete history of all the songbirds, flycatchers, hummingbirds, swifts, goatsuckers, woodpeckers, kingfishers, trogons, cuckoos, and parrots, of North America . the song of the Mockingbird be preferred to that of the Hermit and Veery orvice versa. The powerful sonorous voice of all of our true Thrushes fills a whole wood-land or orchard. It rises high above the various voices of the great mass of birds. However great the esthetic force with which these birds beautify out-door natureby means of their wonderful songs and charming sprightliness, th
. Our native birds of song and beauty, being a complete history of all the songbirds, flycatchers, hummingbirds, swifts, goatsuckers, woodpeckers, kingfishers, trogons, cuckoos, and parrots, of North America . the song of the Mockingbird be preferred to that of the Hermit and Veery orvice versa. The powerful sonorous voice of all of our true Thrushes fills a whole wood-land or orchard. It rises high above the various voices of the great mass of birds. However great the esthetic force with which these birds beautify out-door natureby means of their wonderful songs and charming sprightliness, their highest value still liesin the quality of their food. Though at times they eat small fruits (cherries, straw-berries, raspberries, and blackberries), their principal diet is at all times insects, especi-ally such as live on the ground and do inestimable damage to the fruit-grower andfarmer.—The Thrushes and all other small insectivorous birds cannot be valued toohighly. Let us do all in our power to protedl and care for them in every way. All our Thrushes are particularly adaptable to cage-life. I shall, however, haveoccasion to revert to this in the description of each particular species. I. 1. MERULA MIGRATORIA Swains. 2. TURDUS AONALASCHKAE PALLASII Ridgw. 3. HESPEROCICHLA NAEVIA Rid|w. 4. TURDUS FUSCESCENS Steph. 5. TURDUS MUSTELINUS Gmel. 6. TURDUS USTULATUS SWAINSONll Rid^w. WANDERDROSSEL- Hermit - Varied ELDROSSEL. - WALDDROSSEL. - Wood Olive-bacl<ed Thrush. WOOD THRUSH. Turdus mustelinus Gmelin. Plate I. Fig. 5. In the Summer-time is heard— Eolie—Eolie!Oer and oer, this single word,Little song of little bird—I-,ove song if I have not erred— Eolie!Lonely longs he deeply so clear, so soft sings he— Eolie—Eolie! As he sings witli flute-like trill— Eolie—Eolie!Lists the air, grown hushed and still;Listens in the vale the rill;List the
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