. Storie su uccelli di terra e acqua . ROBIN RED-B.REAST. Dalla mano del giardiniere, e si sedeva sul suo ginocchio a cena-ora toghave una parte delle briciole. Il gentiluomo che possedeva il giardino era molto affezionato al derubato; e quando arrivò l'inverno, lo mise in una stanza vuota, perché potesse avere rifugio e cibo. E per evitare che l'uccello appartenesse a lui, trovò un partner per lui, per rallegrarsi della sua solitudine. 8O STORIE SUGLI UCCELLI. All'inizio della primavera i robin sono stati lasciati fuori a volare. Ma avevano molto occupato nel frattempo, e avevano costruito un nido piuttosto piccolo, da che materiali di fewmaterials potrebbero trovare.

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. Stories about birds of land and water . ROBIN RED-B.REAST. from the hand of the gardener, and would sit on his knee at dinner-time tohave a share of the crumbs. The gentleman who owned the garden was veryfond of the robin ; and when winter came, he put him into an empty room, that he might have shelter as well as food. And lest the bird should belonely, he found a partner for him, to cheer his solitude. 8o STORIES ABOUT BIRDS. Early in the spring the robins were let out to fly. But they had beenvery busy meanwhile, and had built a pretty little nest, out of what fewmaterials they could find. A {qv withered stalks of horehound hung from the ceiling, to be used asa medicine if any of the family took cold. The birds had pulled it down, and used it for the outside of the nest. The inside was lined with the downof another plant, kept there to feed a tame bullfinch. And the result of allwas a very tolerable little nest.. THE REDSTART. TlIERE is a small class of birds that are related to the robin and the night-ingale. They are known by the name of redstarts, and are rarely met within England. One species only is at all common among us, and is calledwhite-pointed, because of the white mark over the c}e of the bird. He ishandsomely dressed, in grey, black, and orange. The throat and back partof the head is black, and the breast and tail light reddish orange. The redstart has several relations that live on the continent, and HABITS OF THE REDSTART. 8i rarely, if ever, come to England. He himself is very often seen, and his habitswatched by the naturalist. He does not spend the winter in England, but comes about the end ofApril. He is very lively in his disposition, though he is small; and is wellknown by the white patch over his eye, and the manner in which he jerks histail up and down at all times, either when perched or when on the ground.He catches insects on the wing. The nest is placed in a hole in

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