ROBIN 



gaudiness of which invited every marauder of air to attack it; 

 but being close the well and kitchen door, we gave it all the pro- 

 tection we could. These birds grew so accustomed to us and so 

 very friendly that they monopolized not only the mulberry, but 

 also the near-by catalpa, birch and sycamore. By the time the 

 young arrived and were able to lift their heads above the rim of 

 the nest, the elders paid so little attention to me that I pictured 

 them repeatedly in almost every attitude assumed in rearing their 

 young. 



READY FOR FIRST MIGRATION 



15.5 



