THE AMERICAN ROBIN 



Thrush Family — TurdidcB 



Length: 10 inches. 



Male: Head black; bill yellow; a white spot above and below 

 eye; throat white, streaked with black; back and 

 wings gray; tail black, with white spots near tips of 

 outer feathers; white beneath tail; entire breast and 

 sides reddish-brown; color less brilliant in autumn 

 and winter, and bill darker. 



Young Female: Paler than male. 



Young: Similar to female, except for speckled breasts and 

 backs. 



Call-note: A sharp tut, used to express anger or alarm; also 

 a sweet tender note, with which it encourages its 

 young or converses with its mate. 



Song: A loud, clear morning song, Cheer-up, cheer-up, cheer- 

 up, cheer-up, sweeter and more subdued toward 

 evening. The song varies decidedly with different 

 individuals. Many robins seem to enjoy improvi- 

 sations; we may hear them sing their somewhat mo- 

 notonous strain with pleasing variations. During 

 their sojourn in the South they sing but little, and 

 live in flocks remote from human habitations; con- 

 sequently they are not loved as they are in the 

 North. 



Range: North America, breeding from the tree-limit south to 

 the northern part of the Gulf States and Mexican 

 tableland; in winter, to Florida and the highlands 

 of Guatemala. 



NONE of our birds is so well-known and so univer- 

 sally beloved as the robin. He, together with the 

 song sparrow and the bluebird, arrives at a time when we 



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