AMERICAN ROBIN. 



761. Merula migratoria. 10 inches. 



Male with a black head and bright reddish brown 

 breast; female with a gray head and much paler 

 breast; young intermediate between the two and 

 with a reddish brown breast spotted with black. 



These well known birds are very abundant in the 

 northern half of the United States, being found 

 most commonly about farms and dwellings in the 

 country, and also in cities if they are not persecuted 

 too severely by English Sparrows. 



Song. A loud cheery carol, cheerily-cheerup- cheer- 

 ily-cheerup often long continued. 



Nest. A coarse but substantial structure of mud 

 and grass, placed on horizontal boughs or in forks 

 at any height, or in any odd place about dwellings; 

 the four or five eggs are bluish green (1.15 x .80). 



Range. Eastern N. A., breeding from the middle 

 of the U. S. northward; winters throughout the U. S. 

 761b. Southern Eobin (achrustera) is a paler form 

 found in the Carolinas and Georgia. 



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