. The American bird fancier; considered with reference to the breeding, rearing, feeding, management, and peculiarities of cage and house birds; with remarks on their diseases and remedies; . HE American robin is a saucy familiar bird, fond of mansneighborhood, throughout North America, from the 56thparallel of north latitude to the table lands of Mexico,and is more frequently to be seen in our orchards and fieldsthan in the denser woods. The confidence he reposes in usby taking up his abode in our vicinage; the frankness andinnocence of his manners; the simplicity of his thrilling lays,delive
. The American bird fancier; considered with reference to the breeding, rearing, feeding, management, and peculiarities of cage and house birds; with remarks on their diseases and remedies; . HE American robin is a saucy familiar bird, fond of mansneighborhood, throughout North America, from the 56thparallel of north latitude to the table lands of Mexico,and is more frequently to be seen in our orchards and fieldsthan in the denser woods. The confidence he reposes in usby taking up his abode in our vicinage; the frankness andinnocence of his manners; the simplicity of his thrilling lays,delivered in all the artless energy of true love; and the pecu-liar pleasure with which we listen to his vocal powers, everinspires us with attachment and universal respect. Besidesthe endearing name he sometimes bears, recalls to mind THE AMERICAN ROBM. 55 the well-known legend, so oft repeated in our juvenile days,of the favorite Robin Redbreast, said to have coveredwith a leafy shroud the lost and wandering babes inthe wood. He is commonly called robin, though thereis but little resemblance between him and his Europeancongener, except in the single circumstance of his havinga red BUROFKAN ROBIN. The American robin, when reared in a cage, is of a livelyand gentle disposition, docile, and seemingly content, and themelody and simplicity of his song, of which he is very lavisBin confinement, renders him a special favorite. He sings well,readily learns to imitate lively parts of airs, and on theauthority of Mr. Nuttall, some have been taught to pipe forthpsalms even to so solemn a measure as that of Old Hundred!He also acquires a considerable capacity for mimickry,imitating the notes of many of the birds around him, asthose of the pe-wee, blue bird, and whip-poor-will. At times,he becomes very tame, and will go in and out of the housewith domestic confidence, appear uneasy when left alone, andwill follow his owner, come to her call, peck at her finger, orkiss her mouth, with s
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