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ern states, where they can get shelter in large cedar swamps. 

 It is quite probable that it is the birds from the extreme 

 northern parts of their breeding range that winter in 

 northern United States, while the birds that breed here 

 migrate southwards to the Gulf States. 



Fig. 89. JUST FED BUT STILL HUNGRY. 



Adult Robins return to the same breeding grounds each 

 year and are believed to remain mated for life. It is prob- 

 able that the young birds become separated from their par- 

 ents and from each other and seek new fields on their re- 

 turn from the south. 



The song of the Robin is alwaj's pleasing, — a loud, roll- 

 ing "cheer-up, cheerily cheerily, etc." varied greatlv in pitch 

 but usually fitting these words. An old rendition of the 



