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leave here? Why? (Because they could not find 

 food.) What food do they eat ? (Worms, bugs, and 

 other insects, grubs, berries, and early cherries.) 

 Where do they find worms ? How find them ? (Their 

 bright, round eyes see well.) What color are their 

 eyes ? How do they pick up the worms ? (With 

 their sharp pointed bills.) Have you ever seen a 

 robin picking up a worm ? Tell what it did. [If the 

 children have not noticed how a robin gets a worm, 

 set them at work observing, and ask them to relate 

 their observations in the class.] What is the color 

 of the robin's bill ? How do robins get about on the 

 ground ? Find out. (They hop sometimes, at other 

 times they run.) When they want to go very fast 

 which do they do — hop or run ? Do they ever walk ? 

 Notice how they watch for worms. Do they scratch 

 for them ? What do they use for pushing the dead 

 leaves aside? (Their bills.) Watch them. What 

 insects have you seen them eating? Where did 

 they find them? Tell how they get berries from 

 the bushes. How do they get cherries from the 

 trees ? Do they swallow them whole ? How do you 

 know they do not? (We find on the trees cherries 

 which they have pecked.) Notice whether they eat 

 good cherries or wormy ones, 



