. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. .,.» 198 SINGING UIRDS. fond of washing, and dashes about in the water till every feather appears drem hed ; he also, at times. ba>ks in the gravel in fine weather. His food, in confinement, is almost ever)'thing vegetable except unbniised seeds, — as bread, fine pastr)-, cakes, scalded cornmeal. fniits, particularly those which arc juicy, and now and then insects and minced tlesh. The Catbird ocrnrs regularly ainnu the Annapolis valley in Nova Scotia, and in Ntw Uriniswi
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. .,.» 198 SINGING UIRDS. fond of washing, and dashes about in the water till every feather appears drem hed ; he also, at times. ba>ks in the gravel in fine weather. His food, in confinement, is almost ever)'thing vegetable except unbniised seeds, — as bread, fine pastr)-, cakes, scalded cornmeal. fniits, particularly those which arc juicy, and now and then insects and minced tlesh. The Catbird ocrnrs regularly ainnu the Annapolis valley in Nova Scotia, and in Ntw Uriniswick between tlic Maine border and the valley of the St. John, but it is rarely seen elsewhere in the -Maritime Provinces. It is fairly common near the city of Quebec, and abundant about Montreal and in Ontario. '( Hi I 9 ROIJIN. MIGRATORIA. Char. Above, olive gray; head and nrck darker, sometimes Mack; wings and tail du>ky ; outer tail-featiiers broadly tipped with white , be- neath, red; throat white with dark streaks; under tail-coverts white ; bill yellow. Length 9 to 10 inches. .Vc >/. Usually in a tree, but often on fence-rail or window-ledge of house or barn; a bulky but compact structure of grass, twigs, etc., cemented with mud. /:., 4-3; greenish blue (occasionally speckled); X The familiar and welcome Robins are found in summer throughout the North American continent from the desolate regions of Hudson's Day, in the 53d degree, to the tableland of Mexico. In all this vast space the American I'ieldfares rear their young, avoiding only the warmer maritime districts, to which, however, they flock for support during the inclemency of winter. The Robins have no fixed time for migration, nor any particular rendezvous ; they retire fru:n the higher lati- tudes onlv as their food begins to fail, and so leisurelv and desultor)' are their movements that they make their appear- ance in straggling parties even in Massachusetts, feeding on w
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