. Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds . n late December and early January. This large Thrush was named the Eobin by the earlysettlers of ]Massachusetts, because it resembled somewhat incolor the little lied-breasted E()l)in of P^ngland. Ornithol-ogists since then have called itthe Migratory Thrush and the Eed-breasted Thrush, but in vain ; thuscustom perpetuates error. The American Robin, as it isnow called, is th
. Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds . n late December and early January. This large Thrush was named the Eobin by the earlysettlers of ]Massachusetts, because it resembled somewhat incolor the little lied-breasted E()l)in of P^ngland. Ornithol-ogists since then have called itthe Migratory Thrush and the Eed-breasted Thrush, but in vain ; thuscustom perpetuates error. The American Robin, as it isnow called, is the most generallycommon bird in Massachusetts, ItsFig. 125. — American Roi)in, habit of foraging On the ground in about oiie-lialf natural size. j i /» i i • ^ r. i gardens and fields, its fondness forfruit, its custom of seeking the vicinity of human dwellings,lawns, gardens, and cultivated fields, all have resulted in itsincreasing in numbers. As the forests were cleared away,the planting of fruit trees furnished it food and nestingl)laces : and so the Kobin became part and parcel of our ruralcivilization. It nests by preference in an apple tree nearfarm l)uildings, but almost any nesting site will do, from a.
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