| If tha' was a missel thrush an' showed me where thy nest was, does tha' think I'd tell any one? |
| She would never again feel like a missel thrush with a safe-hidden nest. |
| If he likes, he may take hold of the feet of a looser and compel him to walk on his hands to secure this missel. |
| A note is added as to Darwin's statement about the missel and song-thrushes in Scotland. |
| For stormcock is the folk name for the missel or mistle thrush. |
| No wonder he thought our robin inferior in power to the missel thrush, in variety to the mavis, and in melody to the blackbird! |
