The Robin 



WHO does not know and love Robin 

 Redbreast ? His gay appearance and 

 bold confiding manners endear him to young 

 and old alike. In the winter when Jack Frost 

 reigns supreme he frequents our window-sills 

 and doorsteps, with an air and attitude that 

 tell us quite plainly he not only wishes but 

 expects to be fed, and in the springtime he 

 repays our kindness by ridding the garden of 

 all the injurious grubs and insects he can find. 

 A cock Robin is not easily distinguished 

 from a hen of the species. He is just a 

 trifle larger and his colours are somewhat 

 brighter, that is all. Many boys and girls 

 have an idea that a wren is a female 

 Robin, and an old poet, making the same 

 great mistake, has written : 



" The robin and the wren 

 Are God Almighty's ' cock and hen.' " 



Robins are noted for the very odd 

 places in which they sometimes build their 



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