72 Favourite Foreign Birds. 



THE PEKIN ROBIN, Liothrix luteus, figures at the 

 "Zoo" among the tits, but may quite as well be included 

 in the present family. It is too well known to need 

 description, and should be treated as recommended 

 for the previous species, than which it is a little smaller. 

 Male and female are alike; but the colours of the 

 latter are duller, and she does not sing. 



THE AUSTRALIAN ROBIN, Motdcilla australis, is a 

 very handsome little bird, black on the upper parts, 



FIG. 23. THE BLUE ROBIN. 



with a carmine breast and white under-parts. It is 

 tolerably abundant in the bush, where I have fre- 

 quently listened to its short though very agreeable 

 song ; but I have never seen any of them in this 

 country, and do not think any have been imported, 

 though they might be kept readily enough on the 

 diet recommended above. 



Many dealers advise millet for the Robins, but they 

 soon die of it in fits. 



