208 The Robin 
worms and grubs that, later in the season, would 
prove invincible to the agriculturist, were not their 
ravages thus stayed in advance by the friendly army 
of robins.” 
During the breeding season robins nest about the 
garden and house, sometimes even on the vines grow- 
ROBIN ON HER NEST 
ing over the veranda. Th favorite place of nesting 
seems to be about old and neglected orchards, but 
never have I found a nest in the deep woods. The 
robin when not molested has little fear of man, and 
the building of the nest and rearing of the young 
can be very carefully observed by any one. For 
