. A System of natural history : containing scientifci [sic] and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . rd,which he exquisitely manages, are mingled with the screaming of swallows,or the cackling of hens; amidst the simple melody of the robin, we aresuddenly surprised by the reiterations of the whippoorwill; while the notesof the kildeer, blue jay, martin, Baltimore, and twenty others, succeed withsuch imposing reality, that we look round for the originals, and discover,with astonishment, that the sole performer in this singular concert is theadmirable bi
. A System of natural history : containing scientifci [sic] and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . rd,which he exquisitely manages, are mingled with the screaming of swallows,or the cackling of hens; amidst the simple melody of the robin, we aresuddenly surprised by the reiterations of the whippoorwill; while the notesof the kildeer, blue jay, martin, Baltimore, and twenty others, succeed withsuch imposing reality, that we look round for the originals, and discover,with astonishment, that the sole performer in this singular concert is theadmirable bird before us. Both in his native and domesticated state, duringthe solemn stillness of night, as soon as the moon rises in silent majesty, hebegins his delightful solo, and serenades us the livelong night with a full AVES—ROBIN. 499 display of his vocal powers, making the whole neighborhood ring with hisinimitable medley. The mocking-bird is nine and a half inches long. The upper parts of thehead, neck, and back, are a dark brownish ash; the under parts are of abrownish white. His figure is well proportioned, and handsome. THE Thts well known bird is familiar to almost every body. Innumerablethousands of them are seen in the lower parts of the whole Atlantic states,from New Hampshire to Carolina. They migrate to avoid the deep snows,from north to south and from west to east. The robin builds a large neston an apple tree, plasters it with mud, and lines it with fine grass. Hisprincipal food is worms, berries, and caterpillars. When berries fail, theydisperse themselves over the fields, and along the fences, in search of wormsand other insects. The robin is one of our earliest songsters; even in March, while snow yetdapples the field, some few will mount a post or stake of the fence, andmake short and frequent attempts at a song. His notes, in spring,, are uni-versally known, and as universally beloved. They are, as it were, the pre-lude to the grand general concert th
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