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the birds. This nest was built of the fine sprays of hemlock, showing the 

 effect of environment upon the nest material. 



There must have been a sociable trait in the pair of Robins that built on 

 the support to the roof over the station platform at Wilton, Conn. The 

 hurrying passengers and the thundering trains did not disturb the sitting bird 

 in the least. One could see her tail over the edge of the nest when on the 

 platform. 



It seems sure that birds come to know certain people, or to lose their fear 

 instinct when these people are about their regular duties. How else can one 



BLACKSMITH SHOP WIIKRK A PAIR OF ROBINS RAISED THEIR FAMILY WITHIN 



RANGE OF THE SPARKS FROM 1 'HE WYI1, 



Note the missing window pane, removed to permit the birds to enter when the <l"<>r «.i< closed 



interpret the actions of a pair of Robins that built their nest over the door ol 

 the Bahgall school. The teacher could stand on the porch and ring the hand- 

 hell and the children pass in and out through the door many times a day with- 

 out the birds leaving the nest, but they resented my simply standing and 

 looking, and as for taking a photograph, it senl the old birds into a frenzy. 

 Strangei' still was the fancy of a pair of Robins that built their not inside 

 of Seymour's blacksmith shop on sonic iron used to re-tire wheels, and within 

 eight feet of the anvil before which the blacksmith worked most of the daw 

 The noise of pounding on iron, living sparks, and kicking horses while being 

 shod all was accepted and her eggs hah hcd and young raised. Let a stranger 



