. Hill's album of biography and art : containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to history, science, and important work in which prominent people have been engaged at various periods of time. Song-Thrush. The Song-Thrush, a nativeof Europe, (known, also, as theMavis, or Throstle) is consid-ered one of the finest house-birds on the
. Hill's album of biography and art : containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to history, science, and important work in which prominent people have been engaged at various periods of time. Song-Thrush. The Song-Thrush, a nativeof Europe, (known, also, as theMavis, or Throstle) is consid-ered one of the finest house-birds on the continent, singing,when free, melodiously duringthe warm seasons, morning andevening, from the tops of treesor bushes. Not only is it es-teemed as a cage-bird, but itsflesh, in a wild state, and to-ward winter, is very fat andiuicv, and so makes an excel-lent dish for the table. The Mocking-Bird, of tht-. native American species, is foundextensively in the Southernand Southwestern States, de-riving its name from the rapid-ity and ease with which itimitates the songs of otherbirds and the language of nearlyall animals. In addition to itspowers of mimicry it utters afull, bold and varied song ofits own, and has justly becomea domestic favorite. Besidesits imitation of birds and ani-mals, it has the faculty of re-producing whistling-winds, etc. The Gray Parrot, which is,wilh the (ireen Parrot, mostcommonly prized as a cage petin America, possesses remark-able fluency as a talking-bird,and is esteemed, also, for itsgentle disposition. It was orig-inally found upon the Westerncoast of Africa, whence it isstill imported. Among its otherpeculiarities is its longevity,specimens having lived from 70to 90 years. Its length is abouta foot; its color an ash-gray,with grayish feet and toes. Ciuiiirv Blrrl. The Canary, now a universalfavorite as a singing bird,belongs tn the Finch variety, andis fou
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