CHAPTER XVII. 



THE ROBINS AND CHATS. 



WE have now done with the Thrushes and come 

 to a group 

 of birds 

 bound toge- 



ther by cer- 

 tain well- 

 marked fa- 

 mily fea- 

 t u r e s . 

 They are 

 small birds, 

 usually 

 dressed in 

 black and 

 white, or 

 brown and 

 white, al- 

 ways neat, 

 but never 

 gaudy. 

 They are 

 all afflicted 

 with some 

 form of 

 St. Vitus' The Magpie Robin. 



dance in the muscles of the tail ; they are either twist- 

 ing it, or throwing it up over their backs, or doing 



