Bobin WESTERN BIRDS 



Other nests in other years are recorded, one of which 

 contained, in June, a set of five well-incubated eggs. 



GENUS PLANESTICUS: ROBIN. 

 (Eastern.) 



Robin: Planesticus migratorius migratorius. 

 FAMILY— THRUSHES, BLUEBIRDS, ETC. 



Probably the Robin is one of the best known mem- 

 bers of this family, living as it does in the northeastern 

 United States during the summer, wintering in the south- 

 eastern portion, and migrating across country to Alaska, 

 so that it is also found, sparingly, in the northwestern 

 States, as a migrant. 



It hardly seems necessary to describe this familiar 

 bird, and yet there are people who do not know it. It 

 is nine and one-half inches in length, the bill being one 

 inch long and usually yellow, although sometimes it is 

 tipped with dark, or entirely so; the head, neck, wings 

 and tail are black, the inner tips of two exterior tail 

 feathers being white, and the margins of wings are ashy; 

 rest of upper parts grayish slate, the white throat is 

 streaked with black; there is a white spot above and 

 below the eye, and the belly is white; but the thing 

 which has given the bird the name of Robin Red-breast 

 is the brick-red under parts which, though bright, are 

 by no means red. The long legs are dark and the claws 

 strong. 



While some of these birds spend their winters in the 

 north, for the most part they are summer residents, 

 being among the earliest spring arrivals, enlivening the 

 dreary month of March by their songs. They are, in- 

 deed, harbingers of spring and are hailed with delight 

 after the cold of winter. Their friendly way of running 



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