The Robin at Arm's Length 



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hillside. In exactly fifty -five minutes from the beginning of 

 operations the mother appeared with a large grasshopper, which 

 she gave to the young, and afterwards cleaned the nest. The 



Fig. 45- Female Robin brooding on a hot day her left wing pushed up by a 

 young bird. 



male came also, when the comparative safety of the new con- 

 ditions had become apparent, but approached with more cau- 

 tion. At first both birds flew to the tree by their accustomed 

 paths, and examined the place where their bough had been 



