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THE ROBIN. 



ERITHACUS RUBECULA. 



LATE in autumn, 

 when the leaves 

 are strewn, and 



hedges have begun to look bare, the Robin comes 

 prominently into view. We have hardly noticed 

 him all the summer, for he has kept out of sight 

 while engaged in nesting operations ; and his not 

 over-loud notes have been almost drowned by the 

 daily chorus of more favoured songsters. Most of 



