When the birds have left their
nests in the autumn, yon may take them to study and to show to others.
Many thoughtless boys rob birds of their nests and eggs. They do not
intend to be wicked, but they do not know any better. If they could
learn how interesting it is to see the birds building their homes and
rearing their young, they surely would not wish to destroy them.
THE ROBIN.
Some birds are shy and retiring, and if we would meet them we must go to
their haunts in the forests. Others are comparatively tame and domestic,
living about our dwellings and meeting us more than halfway when we
attempt to make friends with them.
Among these familiar birds of the garden and orchard, none is better
known than the cheery robin. Robins are very numerous, and are found in
all parts of North America, from New England to Alaska, and south to the
city of Mexico.
It is due to his tameness and also to his brick-red breast that he bears
the name of "Robin."
When the first English settlers came to this country, of course
everything was new and strange to them. The birds had only Indian names
which the newcomers could not understand, even when they heard them. So
they had to make up names for those birds that were common enough to
attract their attention.
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