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BLUE ROBIN. 



Sialia Nilsonii. 



Description. Length, six and a half inches ; 

 breast, rust brown ; belly, muddy brown ; top of the head, 

 back, wing, and tail, a beautiful blue. 



It is a native of the United States ; stays and breeds 

 with us in the summer season, but migrates southward 

 when cold weather is coming on. It lives on insects, 

 berries, &c. In the cage it thrives test on the paste No. 

 2, as prescribed under the head of General Remarks. 

 It is merely for their beauty of plumage that the Blue 

 Robin is kept in cages ; their song is of no account. 



THE ROBIN, OR RED-BREASTED THRUSH. 

 Turdus Migratorius. 



Description. Length, 8 inches; throat white; 

 breast, red ; the other part of the body dark gray ; still 

 darker on the head, wings, and tail. 



The Robin is found all over the United States. They 

 return from the South early in springs and breed in our 

 State in great number. 



It is principally for his ability in imitating different 

 tunes, which are whistled to him when young, that he 

 is kept in cages ; for his natural song consists but of a 

 few broken notes. This bird is generally treated the 

 same as the Mocking Bird. Those I have kept, I fed 

 on the same mixture as described for Thrushes, which I 

 have found very good for them. 



