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AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY 





Photo from life by Isaac E. Hess. 

 MOTHER ROBINS CARES. 



You can see from her thoughtful pose that she has just been conversing ivith 

 them. You can readily ascertain from the size of the photo, that I was quite near 

 xvhen I pressed the bulb, near enough in fact to hear (f) her recital of her hard 

 mornings work. Seriously, I donH think she uas complaining, merely the 

 natural result of a work-weary matron who could not helv noticing that the mas- 

 ter of the household was shirking his share of the task. Happily I teas well hid- 

 den behind a box and was able to catch (by shorthand) a few of her sentences.(f) 



You have Mrs. Robin's and my permission to reproduce the picture and im- 

 mortalize her ivords in your excellent Bird Magazine. I. E. H. 



