Accounts of birds, mammals, amphibians, and plant catalogue, v4551
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Mayhew 1947 Western Robin 34. May 25 U.C. campus, Alameda Co., Calif. they stayed fairly near each other, neither paid any particular attention to the other. At 12:35 P.M. I climbed into the Cedrus Leodana in front of Hilgard Hall to see how many eggs that Robin's nest contained, while the ♀ was away. There are 4 bright blue eggs in it. Just the top, inner part of the nest contains mud. The 3 young in the nest in the live oak tree have now feathered out. They are so large they seem to hang over the nest. However, when I approached, the ♀ was sitting on the west edge of the nest, facing east. May 27 U.C. campus, Alameda Co., Calif. The ♀ still hasn't been seen back at the nest south of Oxford Circle. She flies into trees near-by, uttering single, clicking notes in rather rapid succession. The ♂ was still rather close by. At 4:45 P.M. two of the young in the live oak tree flew from the nest. They were about 1/2 the size of the parents. The backs of the young were dark greyish-brown, the breasts were reddish-brown on the side whitish down the mid-ventral line. The breast feathers were all tipped with black. I didn't see the young return to the nest. They flew into the trees near-by.