. Reptiles et oiseaux : un compte rendu populaire de leurs divers arrêtés : avec une description des habitudes et de l'économie des plus intéressantes . Oiseaux, Reptiles. ^SIAIUX BLACKLIED LA.. Fig. 259.Thiusli Tiirdus- âThe Woud (mdodus, Wilson), ing., ant sur wLicli tliey ?, l'alimentation animale. Les insectes ne sont pas Otlicr refusé par eux ; mais, d'abord et avant tout, ils sont Jonn'cicoi-cc. Tly^}', mais dans l'exécution de l'indifférence et l'autre ils sont très agile. Rallye- gène parlant, ils n'ont pas talvc 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'une étrange

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. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of their various orders : with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . Birds; Reptiles. THE CO^SIAIUX BLACKLIED.. Fig. 259.âThe Woud Thiusli (Tiirdus mdodus, Wilson). ing ant, ?, on wLicli tliey feed. Otlicr insects are not refused by them; but, first and foremost, they are Jonn'cicoi-cc. Tlie}' tly indifferently, but in running and hopping they are very nimble. Gene- rally speaking, they do not talvc 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 chai'acter, differing 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 tlie bais â R'hen thej' are shut up in a cage. Their flesh is appreciated f jr the table. The Mcnili.da 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. First, the section of Meridce, which embraces all the .species tlie plumage of which is of a uniform colour ; next, that of Turd'i, which contains those of speckled pluuiage, that is, marked witli 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 Mocking Bird, or Polyglot Thrush. The Com:w()x Bl.ackbird {Merula rtiJaaris, Ray), Fig. '260, is so called on account of its plumage,

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