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CITIZEN BIRD 



Some things to remember about the Bluebird 



Length (from tip of lieak over head to end of tail) .seven inches. 



Upper }\arts clear bright bine. 



Throat and breast reddish earth color. 



Belly Avliite. 



A Summer Citizen of the United States, and a Citizen of the 

 milder parts of our country. 



A member of the guilds of Ground Gleaners, Tree Trappers, 

 and Seed Sowers. 



THE AMERICAN ROBIN 



'' Another home bird, first cousin to the 

 Bluebird, coming with it in the spring, 

 and often lingering through the 

 Avinter in places that the Blue- 

 bird is obliged to leave — " 

 '' The Robin a cousin 

 of the Bluebird ! " 

 i n t e r r u pt e d 

 Nat; ''why, 

 they don't look one 

 bit alike — how can 

 it be, Uncle Roy?" 

 " I expected you 

 to ask that ques- 

 tion," said the Doctor. "The relationship of bird fami- 

 lies, like that of other animals, is based upon a likeness 

 in the formation of their bodies, and not upon mere size 

 or color. That sort of likeness proves that their ances- 

 tors of long ago were the same, so that they are de- 

 scended from one pair of very great'great-grandparents ; 

 and that always makes cousins, you know. It runs in 





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American Robin, 



