. Les reptiles et les oiseaux. Un compte rendu populaire de l'émission de diverses ordonnances ; avec une description des habitudes alimentaires et de l'économie des plus intéressants. Oiseaux, Reptiles. Le merle noir. 551. Fig. 259.-l'Tliiush {turdus melodus, Wilson). D'iug fourmis, sur whida ils se nourrissent. D'autres insectes ne sont pas refusé par eux ; mais, d'abord et avant tout, ils sont formicivorce. Ils volent avec indifférence, mais dans l'exécution et l'autre ils sont très agile. Rallye- gène parlant, ils n'ont pas pris la peine de construire un nid, le souhaitez- ring de pondre leurs oeufs sur le sol, sur un lit de feuilles sèches. Leur chanson est d'un caractère étrange,

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. Reptiles and birds. A popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting. Birds; Reptiles. TKE COMMON BLACKBIRD. 551. Fig. 259.—The Wood Tliiush {turdus melodus, Wilson). iug ants, on whida they feed. Other insects are not refused by them ; but, first and foremost, they are formicivorce. They fly indifferently, but in running and hopping they are very nimble. Gene- rally speaking, they do not take the trouble of building a nest, prefer- ring to lay their eggs on the ground, on a bed of dry leaves. Their song is of a strange character, diflering in its nature in the various species. Some of them have received the name of " Bell-ringer, " &c., from the similarity of their note to the sound of a be]]. They are wild and shy, and dash their heads against the bars when they are shut up in a cage. Their flesh is appreciated for the table. The Merulidce genus is characterised by a flattened, curved, and slightly denticulated bill, and is one of the most numerous of the family, embracing as it does no less than one hundred and fifty species spread plentifully over the whole surface of the globe. Birds of this genus are, generally speaking, migratory, and travel in more or less numerous flocks. They feed on berries, fruits, and insects, and are endowed with very harmonious powers of song. They have been divided into two great sections, the division being based on the particular arrangement of their colours. Pirst, the section of MerulcB, which embraces all the species the plumage of which is of a uniform colour; next, that of Turdi, which contains those of speckled plumage, that is, marked with small dark spots on the breast. The principal species of the first section are the Common Black- bird the Rock Blackbird, the Solitary Blackbird, and the IMocking Bird, or Polyglot Thrush. The Common Blackbird {Merula vulgaris, Ray), Fig. 260, is so called on account of its plumage, which in the cock bird is of a

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