Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1869 — Robins Under Temptation. [ARTICLE]

Robins Under Temptation.

A correspondent of the Boston Journal of Chemistry writes: “ 1 do not remember having seen it noticed in print, but the robins which leave tbelr Northern home to winter at the South, fall while there into very bad habits. They are exceedingly fond of the berries of the “Pride of India," a tree which ia grown extensively for ornament and shade in some localities of Georgia and Florida. As this tree bears its fruit abundantly, somewhat after the manner of mountain ash in uorthern latitudes, birds collect upon it in great numbers and after feeding awhile, many of them become so intoxicated that they can neither fly nor remain perched on the branches, but faU to the ground. Here they are picked up by the colored population, who esteem them very nice material for pot plea. If left undisturbed the little creatares soon recover from the effects of their indiscretion; but, like some human beings, learning no wisdom from experience, and consulting appetite at the expense of safety, they again return to the tree and indulge themselvea with its delicious but dangerous fare.