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ney north and south. Favorable local weather and food conditions might easily delay 

 departure from any given point, while those individuals which nest farthest south may 

 make fewer halts, and be delayed less by the flocking of colonies coming down from the 

 north, than the Martins about Royalton, Minnesota, which doubtless receive large 

 accessions to their numbers from colonies breeding much farther north in British 

 America. The breeding-range of this species is very extensive, covering much of the 

 territory from the Gulf Coast to west central Alberta, eastward to Nova Scotia. Its 

 winter home is in Brazil, and, since its range does not include the Pacific coast, the 

 Mississippi valley is its main highway along the interior. — A. H. W.] 



FROM ADULT OBSERVERS 



"Pete" 



The Robin I speak of seemed deserted by his parents, and would soon 

 have fallen a prey to cats. For several nights, I put him in a canary-cage in 

 the cellar, and in the daytime, under a coop of wire-netting in the yard. 



With the help of various interested people, I procured enough angleworms 

 for him for a time; but, as 

 the weather was very dry, 

 it was difficult, and later I 

 gave him much fruit. He 

 became very tame and, 

 when let out, would light 

 on one's head or lap. 



One night before dark, 

 he decided that he pre- 

 ferred a twig on a tree to 

 a perch in a canary-cage, 

 and remained out all night. 

 After that, I usually left 

 him outdoors at night, but 

 had to get around very 

 early each morning for fear 

 a cat would get him. Dur- 

 ing the day, I kept him in 

 his outdoor coop most of 

 the time, unless someone 

 had time to watch him. 



Nearly every morning 

 he would come to my 

 window-sill for food, but 

 before many days I found 

 he was awake ahead of me a little friend feedixg "pete^ 



