THE WESTERN ROBIN. 



XWAYS the robin is the robin, 

 for you know the bird by its 

 red breast, unless it happen to 

 be very young, when the breast 

 is speckled. The robin is a 

 little wanderer, but no tramp; 

 *"* he works for his living wher- 

 ever he goes, and so does his whole family. 



They come south in large flocks in winter-time, 

 going back into the mountains to the north of us 

 when spring comes, to nest and raise their young. 

 The nest of the robin is the same on whichever 

 side of the Rockies you may find it, in the 

 crotch of a tree, made of sticks and mud, lined 

 with hairs. And the eggs are ever the same little 

 greenish-blue gems. They may be four, and 

 they may be five. 



Just as our first rains of 

 winter are dripping from 

 the tree boughs, there 

 comes a familiar cry from 

 somebody, " The robins 



REFERENCE TOPICS. 



Shade-trees and ever- 

 greens. 



Value of angleworms. 



(See DARWIN'S Vegetable 

 Mould and Earth- Worms.) 



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