"Winter Birds, Manhattan, Kan. 

 Prof .D.E.Lantz. 



7. Merida riiigratoria, (Linn.) Sw. and Rich. 

 American Kobin. Occurs regularly in large num- 

 bers along our streams ; remains during tlie cold- 

 est weather feeding upon hackberries, wild grapes, 

 and the fruit of the moonseed [Menupermum cada- 

 dense) and bittersweet {Gelaatrus scmidens.) Some 

 of these Robins remain until late in April, long 

 after those which are Summer resident have be- 

 ^un nesting. O.&O. S. June. 1885. p. 



LIST OF BIRDS OBSERVED AT HOUSTON, HARRIS 

 CO., TEXAS AND VICINITY AND IN THE COUN- 

 TIES MONTGOMERY, GALVESTON AND FORD 

 BEND. 



BY H. NEHRI.ING. 



I. Turdus migratorius, L. Robin. — Very common in the woods 

 from November to April. Very shy and retiring during their stay; only 

 a few have been observed in the larger gardens of Houston. Feeds 

 abundantly on the berries of the holly {Ilex ofaca) and the myrtle-holly 

 ,, (^Oreophila myrtifolia). About the 15th of April all have departed for 

 the Nor th. . 



Buli N.O.O, T.Jan, i882, p. 6 



Sucjeot... 



The Robin will claim attention next. 

 He still confines himself to the swamp 

 and wood, where wild berries, etc., are yet 

 abundant enough to satisfy his demands, 

 and where he is comparatively safe from 

 molestation by man with his destructive 

 breech-loader. But in the course of a few 

 weeks more, having consumed his forest 

 supplies, Redbreast will be compelled to 

 seek his food around the house and gar- 

 den, where he will meet with death at the 

 hand of every boy strong enough to shoul- 

 der a parlor rifle and wanton enough to 

 touch the trigger ; for he is a bird of de- 

 cided stupidity and the muzzle of the 

 sportsman's piece may be easily placed 

 within a few feet of him before firing. 

 TCriTTlohihs are nearly as "nlimerous^s 

 the Blackbirds, of which we have spoken. 

 When they have exhausted everything 

 else, they visit the China tree (found in all 

 the cities and towns in this latitude,) and 

 -iaed iinon the \^,^r^c.^ ^'V-ich it bears in 

 e periods the 



A, 0. 19H« 



Houston & Texas Central Railway Company, 



on the ground, 

 oxicated by the 

 ite one after- 

 ,p a Robin thiis 

 ed from a tree 

 ilong in a limp 

 ing carried the 

 : for the night 

 loose, when it 

 berly as any of 



scope and jjur- 

 nutely into the 

 iS I have men- 

 s of his winter 



him.— TT. B. 



IX. May. 1884 . p. i'v • 



