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THE AMERICAN ROBIN. 



seventeen occupied nests of the 

 Robin in the trees which were 

 within reach of the path, and in 

 a distance of a mile and a half. 

 The stretch would deserve to 

 be called Robin Row if there 

 were not so many other places 

 likewise distinguished. 



On this same trip Dr. Ke)-- 

 ser conducted me to a Robin's 

 nest which he had located some 

 days before in an osage-orang'e 

 hedge, and which he thought 

 might be convenient to photo- 

 graph. The mother bird was at 

 the nest, but alas ! how helpless ! During some excitement or sudden 

 the bird had become impaled on one of the thorns of an overarching 

 and had struggled in \'ain, until death — all too tardy, I fear — had 



Oliver. Photo 



THE TO\Vr.\TH. 



by the 



fright 

 branch 

 put an 



Token near Canal Dover. 



A KODI.V TRAGEDY. 



Photo by the .4uthor. 



