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eyes magnify much more than ours do, so that all ob- 

 jects appear far larger to a bird than they do to us, 

 and they can see insects that we never notice." 



" I wonder if that little Warbler thinks spiders are 

 crabs and flies chickens," said Dodo, so soberly that all 

 the others laughed heartily. 



The Black-and-white Warbler 



Length five inches. 



Upper parts striped everywhere with black and white. 



Under parts white in the middle, with many black stripes on 

 the sides. 



Has a weak and w^heezy voice. 



From its habit of scrambling about tree-trunks and branches, it 

 may be mistaken for a real Creeper, or a Nuthatch, or even a little 

 Woodpecker. 



A Summer Citizen of the United States, east of the plains; in 

 winter from Florida southward. 



A Tree Trapper. 



THE YELLOW WARBLER 

 (Or Summer Yellowbird) 



" I know this Warbler by sight already," said Dodo ; 

 " there is one in the low case in the wonder room — the 

 pretty bird sitting on a fuzzy nest; it looks like a 

 Canary." 



" You may think that he looks like a Canary at a 

 little distance, but not when you are near by," said the 

 Doctor. '' The Canary has a short, thick, cone-shaped 

 bill suited to cracking seeds, while the Yellow Warbler 

 has the slender bill necessary for prying into small 

 cracks and crannies for insects. 



