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CITIZEN BIRD 



" This Warbler also has light rusty streaks on his 

 yellow breast. Do you remember having ever seen a 

 Canary with such markings ? " 



Nat and Dodo thought for a moment, and then said 

 they never had. 



" It really may not be like a Canary," said Rap, 

 " and it hasn't much of a song, but it has so many cute 

 little ways that it seems like one. 

 I know a boy who always says 

 it's a wild Canary, but it 

 can't be that, 1 see. A 

 pair of these Warblers 

 have a nest in one of 

 the elder bushes by 

 our fence, and they 

 wouldn't mind a bit 

 if we went to look at 

 them. Would it be 

 too far for you to 

 come, sir?" he inquired 

 timidly of the Doctor, evi- 

 dently proud of having some- 

 thing to show. 



" We shall be glad to see the 

 nest, my boy. How is it that you have so many birds 

 about your house ? " 



" I think it's partly for the same reason that you 



have birds here — for we don't keep cats either — and 



it's partly because we have four big old mulberry trees." 



" What have mulberry trees to do Avith birds ? " asked 



Nat, without stopping to think. 



" Everything," said the Doctor. " The mulberry is 



Yellow Warblkk. 



