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The Robin 



worms and grubs that, later in the season, would 

 prove invincible to the agriculturist, were not their 

 ravages thus stayed in advance by the friendly army 

 of robins." 



During the breeding season robins nest about the 

 garden and house, sometimes even on the vines grow- 



ROBIN ON HER NEST 



ing over the veranda. Th favorite place of nesting 

 seems to be about old and neglected orchards, but 

 never have I found a nest in the deep woods. The 

 robin when not molested has little fear of man, and 

 the building of the nest and rearing of the young 

 can be very carefully observed by any one. For 



