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every year in the pine barrens and along the coast islands of Cape 

 May county. Spring, April 1st (April 13th) to May 4th; autumn, 

 October 10th to November 5th. 



The Hermit passes through earlier in the spring and later in the 

 fall than the other migrant Thrushes, and is particularly welcome in 

 winter, when we not infrequently find one or two about some woodland 

 spring or in some dense thicket. 



In parts of Sussex county it may possibly be found to breed. 



761 Pianesticus migratorius (Linnaeus). 

 Robin. 



PLATE 83. 



Adult male. Length, 9-10. Wing, 4.90-5.40. Above, dark slate-gray ; head, 

 sides of face, tail and long wing feathers, black ; a white spot over and under 

 the eye and on tip of outer pair of tail feathers ; next pair slightly margined 

 with white at tip ; below, bright cinnamon rufous, except the throat, which is 

 white streaked with black, and center of abdomen and under tail-coverts which 

 are white, the latter mixed with black. In late fall and winter the upper parts 

 are tinged with olive and the feathers of the under surface are edged with 

 whitish. 



Adult female often rather duller than the male. 



Young in first summer mottled with black and white spots above and with 

 white tips to many of the wing feathers ; below, nearly white, in the middle of 

 the breast, strongly tinged with cinnamon rufous on the sides and thickly spotted 

 with black. 



Nest of mud and grass lined with fine grass ; placed on the limb of a tree, or 

 sometimes on old buildings ; eggs, three to five, greenish-blue, 1.15 x .80. 



Abundant summer resident and occasional resident; regularly so 

 along the southern coast. Arrives February 14th (March 4th), de- 

 parts November 10th. 



The Robin is, perhaps, our best known bird ; the frequenter of gar- 

 dens, orchards and lawns, one cannot help knowing him. In the 

 southern counties he winters regularly, especially just back of the 

 seacoast, where large flocks may always be found. 



After the nesting season the Robins frequent regular roosts during 

 the night, and in autumn course about the country in flocks, descend- 

 ing on the dogwood and other berry-bearing trees. 



The Robin gets many a bad name on account of his raid on the 

 cherry trees, but his case is not so bad as some would have us think. 



