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Show Traveled Robin Brood. W. 8. Keed, M. 1)., telle tbe etory of a robin who took poaacaalon of a paa-aennnr paa-aennnr coacb which had boon loft for aeveral weoka unuitod al Knit Thomp. eon, on the Routhurtilgo branch of the New York. Now Hnven ft Hartford railroad. Tho robin built hor nnnt on tha framework of the tnicka undor tho body of the car. The bird had been Been around the car by different em ployeo of the road, without their au pnctlnf U... proaonce of the nont until the par waa coupled on and hauled to Bouthbrldge. The mother followed the train, and on Ua arrival brooded and fed hor young, which were Juki hatched. Bite followed the train back on lta return trip to Knnt Thompson, whore abe again fed and houncd tho young blrda. On the second trip of the train. In the afternoon, the bird again followV hor r.iing to South, brtdgo and J: t to Knnl Thompson, where tho car ws tdetrnckod and given Into ponacioitnu of the robin, rent froo, until hor family were grown. The dlstnnce truvnlcd by the bird In the two round trips waa 86 mlloa. Christian lloglstor. |