326 BRITISH BIRDS' NESTS. 



Remarks. Migratory, arriving in April and 

 leaving in September. Notes : song, pleasing and 

 imitative, uttered very late in the evening and very 

 early in the morning while the female is sitting ; 

 call, represented by some authorities as chippoo, 

 and others as oichit. Local and other names : 

 Red-tail, Fire-tail, Bran-tail, Fire-flirt. Sits very 

 closely indeed. 



RING OUZEL. See OUZEL, RING. 



ROBIN. Also REDBREAST. 



(Erithacus rub ecu la.) 

 Order PASSERES ; Family TURDID.E (THRUSHES). 



Description of Parent Birds. 

 Length about five and three- 

 quarter inches. Bill of medium 

 length, nearly straight, and 

 black ; crown, nape, back, 

 wings, and tail, olive-brown. 

 Round the base of the beak, 

 eyes, and upon the throat and 

 upper breast, orange-red, suc- 

 ceeding which is a narrow s P ace 

 of bluish-grey ; the rest of the 



under-parts white, tinged with brown on the sides, 

 flanks, and under tail-coverts. Legs, toes, and claws 

 reddish-brown. 



The female is slightly smaller, and her colora- 

 tion is not quite so bright. 



Situation and Locality. I have found the nest 

 of the Robin in almost every conceivable situation 

 holes in banks, in walls inside and outside buildings, 

 amongst ivy growing against walls and trees, in 



