AMERICAN ROBIN. 
761. Planesticus migratorius. 10 inches. 
Male with a black head and bright reddish-brown 
breast; female with a gray head and much paler breast ; 
young intermediate between the two and with a reddish- 
brown breast spotted with black. 
These well-known birds are very abundant in the 
northern half of the United States, being found most 
commonly about farms and dwellings in the country, 
and also in cities if they are not persecuted too severely 
by English Sparrows. 
Song.—A loud cheery carol, “cheerily-cheerup, cheer- 
ily-cheerup,” often long continued. 
Nest.—A coarse but substantial structure of mud 
and grass, placed on horizontal boughs or in forks at 
any height, or in any odd place about dwellings; the 
four or five eggs are bluish green (elaaeser-8 Oe 
Range.—Eastern N. A., breeding from the middle of 
the U. S. northward; winters throughout the U. Ss. 
761b. Southern Robin (achrustera) is a paler form 
found in the Carolinas and Georgia. 
