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Title: Bird portraits
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946 Hoffmann, Ralph, b. 1870
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Boston, Ginn & Company
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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he young Robins assume with their firstplumage. In the Middle States, this relationship seems to havebeen recognized, as the Wood Thrush is there commonly called theWood Robin. While the female is brooding the eggs, the male may be heardday after day from some favorite perch, not too near the nest. Theearly morning and the late afternoon are the favorite times for allthe Thrushes, but on cloudy days or in the cool shades of deepwoods, they sing all day. Occasionally the song ceases for severaldays. Some calamity has befallen the nest; a squirrel or someother marauder has robbed the pair, and there are no more out-pourings of joy, till with renewed courage they select some saferspot and build again. In midsummer, the Thrushes become verysilent. Occasionally we come upon a group feeding in the cherry orviburnum bushes, but few are seen after August, and by Novemberthey are in the tropics. Only the nest filled with snow reminds usof the pair, whose return in May we await with impatience.
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