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Irythaca Rubecula. 



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LOCAL NAME. EGG OBSERVED. 



Bohlii. April llth, 1865 (hard set). 



April 2nd, 1866. 

 April nth, 1867. 

 March 29th, 1868 (5 eggs). 

 April 10th, 1869. 

 1870. 



Again a well known and an abundant species ; a good 

 songster also, but terribly pugnacious. 



It seems peculiarly adapted for withstanding hard win- 

 ters, for when thrushes, blackbirds, «S:c., are dying of cold 

 and hunger, the robin seeks shelter in houses or out build- 

 ings, and seems perfectly happy. 



At the mill, at Mildenhall, an unsuccessful attempt was 

 made to make a wild robin rear a young canary, which was 

 substituted for one of its own offspring. The cock bird, 

 however, killed it at once with a blow on the head, and 

 turned it out of the nest. 



