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GENUS PLANESTICUS. 
[761]. Planesticus migratorius migratorius (Linneus). 
Robin. 
Raner.—North America. Breeds in Boreal, Transition, 
and Upper Austral zones from limit of trees in north- 
western Alaska, northern Mackenzie, central Keewatin, 
northern Ungava, and Newfoundland south to Cook Inlet, 
Alaska, central Alberta, southeastern Wyoming, Kansas, 
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and 
southeastern Virginia, and in the Alleghenies to North 
Carolina; winters from central Kansas, Ohio Valley, 
and New Jersey (irregularly further north) to the Gulf 
coast and Florida, and to Nuevo Leon, Mexico; acci- 
dental in Bermuda and Cuba. 
The Robin is not what you might call a common breed- 
ing bird with us in the Tidewater section south of Cape 
Charles, although it seems to be working southward along 
the coast beyond this point gradually. To my knowledge 
it has bred regularly in the live oaks inside the casement 
at Fortress Monroe for the last twenty years, these pair 
remaining the year around. A few pair have been found 
by us breeding further southwest on the James River 
Peninsula during the last few years. From Cape Charles 
northward they are a common breeder. The usual nest 
of mud and grasses, from ten to thirty feet up, with three 
to four eggs as a full set, is the general thing. During the 
fall and spring migrations it is still considered game by 
the gunners in general,* and large quantities are 
*Nore—Since the above was written, the 1912 Legislature has 
passed an act prohibiting the shooting of robins at all seasons of 
the year. 
