Robin

“Robin: Upper parts slate-color, with a shade of olive. Head black, the eyelids and a spot before the eye white, and the throat streaked with white. Quills of the wings dusky, edged with hoary ash, and with the color of the back. Tail blackish, the outer feather usually tipped with white. Underparts, to the vent, including the under wing-coverts and tibiae white, showing more or less plumbeous. Bill yellow, often with a dusky tip. Mouth yellow. Eyes dark brown. Feet blackish, the soles yellowish.” Elliot Coues, 1884

Keywords

birds, robin, North American birds, Tardus Migratorius, migratory song bird, American robin, Connecticut state bird, Michigan state bird, Wisconsin state bird, blue eggs

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Source

Elliot Coues Key to North American Birds (Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)

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