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Fig. 186. OVENBIRD RETURNING TO NEST. 



and apparently commenced to walk aimlessly about picking 

 up a bit of food here and there. 



The Ovenbird walks, not hops, very daintily; Mr. Ernest 

 Seton Thompson has very aptly termed the bird "A Pretty 

 Pedestrian". Every circuit brought her closer to her little 

 oven-like home, until at last she hopped on a twig just 

 over the arch, and within the scope of the lens. A sharp 

 click and one more bird had been photographically shot. 

 We were fortunate to have taken these pictures as we did, 

 for two days later a slight hollow in the ground was the 



