32 Birds of Canada, 



T. migrator ions. The Robin. 



This is one of the most common and interest- 

 ing summer residents. Color, above, olive-gray ; 

 top and sides of the head, black ; throat, white, 

 streaked with black ; under parts, chestnut- 

 brown ; length, ten inches. Its food consists of 

 caterpillars, earth-worms, and grubs of various 

 kinds. Nests, in a tree ; eggs, four, greenish- 

 blue. The popular prejudice against this bird 

 is unjust. It is a good friend to the farmer, 

 and should be protected. 



Sub-Family MIMING. Mocking Birds. 



Harporhynchus rufus. The Brown Thrush, or 

 Brown Thrasher. 



This sweet songster is one of our most welcome 

 visitors. In the pleasant spring mornings, this 

 bird utters the sweetest melodies from the top- 

 most branches of some isolated tree. During the 

 day it prefers low thick bushes. The nest is 

 made in a clump of low bushes, a few feet from 

 the ground ; eggs, four to six, of a dull buff color, 

 sprinkled with brown. General color, above, 

 light cinnamon-red ; below, pale rufous white. 

 The Brown Thrasher arrives here about the last 

 of April, and departs for its southern home the 

 first week in October. 



