songthrush

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At the end, the suitors turn out to be hazel twigs in a bush where a songthrush is singing, and the "tangling" of the branches suggests them surrounding her and trying to win her heart.

Drowned In Sound // Feed 2009
"Jason," he repeated; "why, Jason was a mighty hunter, and Mavis -- that means 'the songthrush.'

The Heart of the Hills John Fox 1891