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song and call-notes are quite varied but are loud, clear, and cheerful. 
It often seems to sing, cheer up, cheer up, cheer up! Its substantial nest 
is built of mud and grass, in trees or any odd place about buildings. 
On the prairies it is placed on the ground. The Robin arrives very 
early in the spring, and remains till late in the fall. Common S.R. 
766 Bluebird. Length 62 inches. 
Blue above, throat and breast rusty brown, belly white. Female is 
more of a grayish blue above, and paler below. Nest in bird boxes and 
hollow trees, and all sorts of cavities about buildings. The Bluebird is 
loved for his gentle disposition and soft notes that always seem to come 
from faraway. S.R. 
755 Wood Thrush. S.R. 758a Olive-backed Thrush. M. and 
756 Veery, or Wilson Thrush. S.R. 
Rather Common S.R. 7896 Hermit Thrush. M.andS.R. 
7564 Willow Thrush. S.R. 767 Western Bluebird. Occa- 
757. Gray-cheeked Thrush. M. and sional S.R. 
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