ROBINS 



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This bird is known as the Sacred Jackhanger to the 

 Colonial Schoolboy. The male bears a strong resemblance 

 to that of the Fiskal Shrike when on the wing, or flitting 



Photo. : Hewitt Ivy. 



Fig. 92.— Female Black Bush Robin on nest. 



about the trees. It builds a compact cup-shaped nest, 

 generally composed of bents of everlastings in a tree or 

 bush, and lays three eggs of a pale green indistinctly mottled 

 with pale rusty-brown. 



Where this bird got the name it is known by in the text- 

 books (viz.. Silent Bush Robin) is not quite clear, as it is 

 one of the noisiest of birds, being also an excellent mimic. 



It is a true insect-feeder, and is more often placed amongst 

 the Flycatchers by present-day systematists, where it no 

 doubt more properly belongs. , 



