28 Birds of Canada. 
T. migratorius.—The Robin. 
This is one of the most common and interest- 
ing summer residents. Color, above, olive-gray ; 
top and sides of the head, black ; throat, white, 
streaked with black; under parts, chestnut- 
brown; length, ten inches. Its food consists of 
caterpillars, earth-worms, and grubs of various 
kinds. Nests, in a tree; eggs, four, greenish- 
blue. The popular prejudice against this bird 
is unjust. It is a good friend to the farmer, 
and should be protected. 
Sub-Family—MIMIN &.—JT ocking Lirds. 
Harporhynchus rufus—TYhe Brown Thrush, or 
Brown Thrasher. 
This sweet songster is one of our most welcome 
visitors. In the pleasant spring mornings, this 
bird utters the sweetest melodies from the top- 
most branches of some isolated tree. During the 
day it prefers low thick bushes. The nest is - 
made in a clump of low bushes, a few feet from 
the ground ; eggs, four to six, ofa dull buff color, 
sprinkled with brown. General color, above, 
light cinnamon-red; below, pale rufous white. » 
The Brown Thrasher, arrives here about the last 
of April, and departs for its southern home the 
first week in October. 
