Redstart 



second to give a little burst of song, and then fluttering 

 round again; chasing helter-skelter among the bushes; 

 and suddenly falling through the leaves as if they had 

 been shot, only to snap up their prey and dart off to begin 

 their gambols over again. 



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The redstart folds and unfolds his twinkling tail in sport. 



OLIVE THORNE MILLER. 



ROBIN, AMERICAN 



The most native and democratic of all our birds. 



BURROUGHS. Wake Robin. 5 



His red breast is a myth and belongs to his English 

 namesake, and it must be owned that his is a homely 

 reddish brown that looks red only when the sunlight falls 



on it He has .... a calm, dignified air. 



With time to meditate when he chooses, like other sturdy, 

 well-fed people, his reflections usually take a cheerful 

 turn; and when he lapses into a poetical mood, as he 

 often does at sunrise or sunset, sitting on a branch in the 

 softened light and whispering a little song to himself, 

 his sentiment is the wholesome, every-day sort .... 

 full of contented appreciation of the beautiful world he 

 lives in. 



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