DS. 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 {q\v withered stalks of horehound hung from the ceiling, to be used asa medicine if any of the family took cold. The birds… … 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.…
Birds -- Juvenile literature
Internet Archive · Biodiversity Heritage Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial03dodg-771-584.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial04dodg-584-379.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial212dodg-137-109.webp)
