224 THE AMERICAN ROBIN. 
seventeen occupied nests of the 
Robin in the trees which were 
within reach of the path, and in 
a distance of a mile and a half. 
The stretch would deserve to 
be called Robin Row if there 
were not so many other places 
likewise distinguished. 
On this same trip Dr. Key- 
ser conducted me to a Robin's 
nest which he had located some 
days before in an osage-orange 
hedge, and which he thought 
might be convenient to photo- 
graph. The mother bird was at 
Taken near Canal Dover. Photo by the Author 
THE TOW-PATH. 
the nest, but alas! how helpless! During some excitement or sudden fright 
the bird had become impaled on one of the thorns of an overarching branch 
and had struggled in vain, until death—all too tardy, I fear—had put an 
Taken near Canal Dover. 
Photo by the Author 
A ROBIN TRAGEDY. 
