KOBIN. 



ERITHACUS RUBECULA {Linn. 



Motacilla rubecula, Linn. S. N. i. p. 337 (1766). 

 Sylvia rubecula, Naum. ii. p. 397. 



Erithacus rubecula, Macg. ii. p. 263; Yarr. ed. 4, i. p. 305 ; 



Dresser, ii. p. 329. 

 Erythaca rubecula, Heivitson, i. p. 98. 



Rouge-gorge, French ; Rothkehlchen, German ; Petirrojo, 

 Barba roja, Spanish. 



As I have nothing to say with regard to this sacred 

 bird that has not repeatedly appeared in print, I will 

 only state that admitting, as I do, the many claims of 

 " Bobby " to the special protection and affection so 

 generally accorded to him by man in our country, there 

 are many other species that are equally entitled to those 

 advantages ; I would specially point out the so-called 

 Hedge-" Sparroic," — a pleasant singer of unobtrusive 

 manners and modest dress, who has, I feel sure, suffered 

 from the bestowal upon him of the opprobrious and 

 entirely misleading name of a common malefactor. 



