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for themselves, the parents build another nest and rear 

 another brood. Meanwhile the first brood fly each 

 night to some neighboring grove where they are joined 

 by other young Robins from miles around. The birds 

 assemble in such numbers that the pattering of their 



Robin, 



Wings on the leaves, while they are arranging their 

 places for the night, sounds like falling rain. 



Not only do the young birds come to these " roosts," 

 as they are called, but father-Robins also, who cannot 

 help their wives after sunset, join their children, or 

 perhaps show them the way. 



