AMERICAN ROBIN. 



701. Planesticus migrator ius. 10 inches. 



Male with a black head and bright reddish-brown 

 I)reast; female with a gray head and much paler breast; 

 young intermediate between the two and with a reddish- 

 hrown breast spotted with black. 



These well-known birds are very abundant in the 

 northern half of the United States, being found most 

 commonly about farms and dwellings in the country, 

 and also in cities if they are not persecuted too severely 

 by English Sparrows. 



Song'. — A loud cheery carol, "cheerily-cheerup, cheer- 

 ily-cheerup," often long continued. 



Nest. — A coarse but substantial structure of mud 

 and grass, placed on horizontal boughs or in forks at 

 any height, or in any odd place about dwellings; the 

 four or five eggs are bluish green (1.15 x .80). 



Rang-e. — Eastern N. A., breeding from the middle of 

 the U. S. northward; winters throughout the U. S. 

 761b. Southern Robin (achrustera) is a paler form 

 found in the Carolinas and Georjria 



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