THE THRUSH.
TO THE EDITOR OT "THE PRESS.*
Sir, —Seeing that a correspondent was j asking for observations on the song cf j the thrush, I kept notes this autunm. | In your issue of the ICth, Saturday, tho j correspondents of "Canterbury" give } April 20th and early dates in May, and j Dr. Hilgendorf gives May 13th. | I heard the thrush' in my garden at j Fendalton on March 20th at 7 a.m. (a : few minutes only); on April 7th at 0 a.m. for a few minutes; on April 10th for a good hour, off and on, between j 7 and 8 a.m.. and again at 5 p.m.; and from April 13th onwards quite regularly. I agree with Dr. Hilgendorf that the. thrush "sings all the year round," but I can guarantee that the thrushes never leave this garden. My impression is that they sing for very short periods at any time, and the reason why we jdo not hear them is simply that we do I not expect to hear them, and most people, hearing the very brief bursts, think they have been mistaken. — Tours, etc., A.W. Fendalton.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14971, 19 May 1914, Page 10
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