Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 357
east, as was done by the early colo-nists on account of the ruddy coloring which ithad in common with the English ivarblcr, whichthey had known so well as ;o6/n-redbreast. The so-called orange-crowned thrush and thewater-thrushes are really zvarblers which owethose popular names to a resemblance to… … THE AMERICAN ROBIN (REALLY ARUDDY-BREASTED THRUSH.) by their smaller size. The orange-crowned thrushis also called oven-bird. The night-hawk is perhaps the worst named ofall our common birds; and, by the way, it is NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNC FOLKS 843 among the common birds that we find most…
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