i:i.rKi',n;i, > 4,,! 



The RKD-WIXOEI> TUMI mi >?GO. TV r Ju* i/ior**), European specie*, i* of 

 Accidental o '.'.und. 



761. Mcrula mlgratoria. /.in*.). AMERICA* KOBIX. (8e fig. 

 69, a.) A<l. 4 . Top utxl -;!.- '>t the head black, a white spot above the eye ; 

 rest of the upjH-r j-.irt> _T:I\ i -h alate-color ; margin* of wing idi^htly lighter ; 

 tail black, ti. .itlu-r* \\itli white upoU at tlu-ir tip-; throat white, 



potted with black ; real <>f the under part* rufous ti|.|..| with white in the 

 fall), becoming white <>n the middle of the lower tally. A*l. 9 . Similar, but 

 backof head tip|*>d with grayiah ; back, tail, and under part* lighter. )'>/../ 

 in nulling plumayt.touck and under part.- >i-.tt.l with black. L., 10-00; 

 W.,4%; '1 



Jfa*y*." KnMcrn North America to the K... k\ Mountain!-, including e*rt- 

 ern Mexico and Alaska. Breeds from neur the vmth. rn '..order of the I'nited 

 Statea northward to the arctic cou.-*t ; \\inters from M>uth era Canada and the 

 Nurthern State* (irix-Kulurly) southward" i A. <). U.). 



WMhington, rather ctimmoii S. H., u l>undunt T. V., from Fel.. to Apl. ; 



irregularly cm n \V. V. Simr Sin.;, (-..111111011 S. U., Mch. 4 to Oct. 80; a few 



winter. l'aiiilridire, very ulniiidaiit S. 1C., eomnion l.ut irregular \V. V. 



A'tit, of coane graMtea, leaves, rootlet.-*, etc., with un inner \\ail of mud and 

 lining of fine graaaea, mottt tre<|iiently in fruit or shade trees, the to thirty feet 

 .mli Mile, very rarely with brownish rnarkingH, 

 1-14 x -bO. 



While the few Knliins Unit have the courage to winter with us are 

 seeking protection from chilling winds in the depths of friendly ever- 

 greens, their fnmrade* wh<> extended their journey to the south are 

 holding carnival under sunny skies. In Florida, during the winter, 

 Itol.ins may be found in enormous flocks, feeding on the Iwrries of the 

 Chiim tree, holly, and mistletoe. Occasionally they pive voice to a 

 half-suppressed chorus, as though rehearsing for the approaching 

 season of song. 



Robins migrate in florks, and the arrival nf the advance guard 

 makes the dreariest Mnn-h day soem bright. It is a question whether 

 these pioneers are summer residents or trim-lent- m mul>- to a more 

 northern summer home, but in my experience they make the sunny 

 side of some woods their headquarters and remain there until paired. 

 They are then in full song, and we see them in their accn-tom, d haunts 

 about our lawns and 



Toward the last of June the voting of the first brood, with the old 

 males, resort in numbers nightly to a roosting place. These roosts are 

 generall) in deridimus second growths, usually in low, but sometimes 

 on high ground. The females are now occupied with the cares of a 

 second family, and the males are said to return each day to assist them 

 in their duties.* 



See Btodlea of Robins' rooaU, by William BIVWHI.T. In Auk. z, 1800, pp. 

 MO^TS, and Bradford Torrer in Tb Foot-path War. '. PP l- ?5. 



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