THE KIND THRUSH.

ISHOP STANLEY, in his attractive book on
birds, relates an interesting case of a young
thrush and a young cuckoo, which were fellow-pris-
oners in the same cage. The former could feed
itself, but the latter was unable to do so, and had to

be fed through a quill. The thrush, observing this,
became a voluntary nurse to the cuckoo, and con-
stantly put food into the mouth of the poor bird.
May we not learn a lesson on kindness from the
sympathy of this humane thrush ?