• Winter Food of Birds in the South. 

 O . S . Brimley , Raleigh , N . O . 



"Robin, (Merula miijratoria). While with us 

 in October tliey fed chiefly on Frost Grapes, 

 and when they next appeared in January they 

 indulged their appetites on the same fruit vm- 

 til they ate them entirely and then turned their 

 attention to Holly and Cedar berries, also those 

 of Ilex dficMim, a very common shrub here. 

 Later on they turned their attention to the 

 Sumach berries, but in March as usual took 

 up their regular habits of eating worms and 

 insects in the open fields everywhere. 

 O.&O. XII. July 1967 p./oi' 



3baaiach Oontttnts of Birds Collected^n 

 BrevardCo.PIorida, Between Jan. 5 & 

 Apr. 15 188© F.C. Baker 



761. A merican Robin : Palmetto berries. 



Notes- Winter Birds, Milwaukee County 

 Wisconsin. C. A. Keeler, Berkley, Oal. 



American Robin, Merula migratoria. Very 

 I rare. Two were seen last winter both near 

 the city. One was in company with a flock of 

 Cedarbirds, and feeding, like them, on the ber- 

 ries of the mountain ash. They appear to be 

 growing more acclimated to our cold winters 

 as the years go by. In a few years they may 

 ! be ranked among our common winter birds. 



O.&O. XIII. Jan. 1888 p. 12 



Fie Id No fees on B irda of Colorado. 



Charles F. Morrison , Ft. Lewis, Col. 



Robin, {M. migratoria). Common; breeds 

 abundantly everywhere. Two broods are raised, 

 the second about the last of June or first of July.' 



O.&p.xi.oct.iase.p. 



Birds of Five-mile Beaoh. N. J, 

 EhiUp Laurent. 



701. American llobin {Merula migratoria). 

 I Common except during the breeding season, 

 few if any remaining on the beach for purposes 

 of nidification. Hundreds find shelter on the 

 beach during winter. 



O.&O. Vol. 17, Jtaxe,1802 p. 90 



Ansnet Birds of Chilhowpe w » 

 T»im. F.W.L»n«rton 



761. Merula migratoria. American Robin.— While standing in the 

 cupola of the University at Knoxville, a small Hawk, resembling the 

 Pigeon Hawk, passed close by. Following it with the eye across an ad- 

 joining pasture, it was observed to flush a bird from a fence corner and, 

 after a stern chase of thirty or forty yards, to seize it. A lively tussel 

 ensued, after which the Hawk rose, heavily weighted, and took refuge in 

 some neighboring trees. A few feathers secured at the site of the 

 struggle have been kindly identified by Mr. Ridgway as those of a young 

 Robin, and on these rests the admission of the spec! ;s to our list, as no 

 other specimens were observed. _ 



Ank, 4. April. 1887. p. 133 



Birds of Wftfern North Carolina. 

 Wiliiaiii Br6w«t«p. 



loi. Merula migratoria. American Robin. — Irregularly but very 

 generally distributed over the region from the lowest valleys nearly, if not 

 quite, to the summits of the highest mountains. In the low country it 

 was seen only in or near towns, where it had all the familiar habits of our 

 northern bird ; but on the sides and tops of the mountains it occurred 

 miles away from any house or clearing, and in the wildest possible places. 

 It was most numerous at Highlands, and on the Black Mountains, between 

 4000 and 5800 feet. Throughout the entire mountain region its song and 

 habits seemed to be perfectly normal. A female shot May 27 was laying. 

 This and another specimen (male, May 28) are smaller than northern ex- 

 amples and the throat in both is nearly immaculate. 



Birds of Southeaetern Dakota, G S 

 Ageraborg. Bensed by W.W. Cooke 



I. Merula migratoria. American Robin.-A not very abundant sum- 

 mer resident. I have known it to winter here four times. A temperature 

 ot 39 below zero did not seem to drive them ofT. In winter thev feed on 

 the berries of m.s s:lal>ra and SymfkoHcarpus vulgaris, occasionally 

 visitmg decayed trees for larva., cocoons, etc. Eggs ready to hatch found 

 as early as May i. 



Auk, 2, Ap rt i , 1886. p. 277 



Bafejlis have been observed in small numbers 

 all winter, and for one week, from January 6th 

 to 13, while the snow was on the ground, they 

 were quite common, feeding on frost grapes 

 and the berries of the red cedar, holly and lien 

 decidua, in company with large numbers of 

 bluebirds ; but when the snow disappeared they 

 also departed. 



I Birds of Chester County , Penn. 



Cyrus B.Ressel, Brcildoun, Pa. 



1I!>8. Merula migratoria (Linn.). American 

 Robin. Summer resident; abundant. It fre- 

 quently appears in February, generally not 



1 until the first week in .March. Nidilicates by 

 the third week in April; eggs, four to five; 

 two broods. Departs by November 1. 



O &0. XIV. Sept. 1889 p. 130 



AMM^ 8. April, 18«tf0, p. 178 



