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CITIZEN BIRD 



bier hides his nest in an overturned stump, or on the 

 ground, and you may try for days in vain to find one. 

 But at the same time he spends his time running mer- 

 rily through the orchard trees, even whispering his 

 husky ' Aveachy-weachy-twee-twee, tweet ' to the old 

 queen apple by the study window." 



"Is that bird a Warbler?" asked Nat. "I thought 



he was some kind 

 of a Nuthatch or 

 a Woodpecker — 

 he was with a whole 

 lot of them up by 

 the house last week." 

 " I used to think so 

 too," said Rap ; '' but 

 now I see a difference. 

 The body and bill of the 

 Nuthatch is stouter, and not such 

 a pretty sliape, and his bill almost turns 

 up. This Warbler is thinner, with a 

 slender bill that curves a little down, 

 like the Brown Creeper's. Then too, 

 lie has smaller and finer stripes than 

 any Woodpecker." 

 " What guild does he belong to ? " asked Dodo. 

 " To the Tree Trappers ; most of the Warblers be- 

 long to this, while some have joined the Sky Sweepers, 

 and a few tlie Ground Gleaners and Seed Sowers." 



" Look ! " said Nat. " He has spent a long time on 

 one twig and he doesn't seem to have cleaned off all 

 the insects yet ; he must have pretty good eyes." 



" Yes, and more than that," said the Doctor, " his 



Black-and-white 

 Warbler. 



