166 CITIZEN BIRD 



the Kinglet is called after new, clean gold, and this 

 'Thrush' after old dusty gold." 



All this time Rap had been looking intently at the 

 Warbler without saying a word ; then he said suddenly : 

 '' Why, it's the bird that builds the little house-nest 

 on the ground in the river woods ! The nest that is 

 roofed all over and has a round hole in one side for a 

 door ! I'm so glad I know his name, for it isn't in my 

 part of the Nuttall book and the miller doesn't know 

 what he is called. Is he named Ovenbird because he 

 has a door in one side of his nest like an oven? " 



'' Yes, Rap, the nest is shaped like the kind of oven 

 that Indians used. Tell us about the one you found." 



" I was sitting on the bank where it goes down a 

 little to the river, and the ground there was humpy 

 with bunches of grass. A little bird like this Warbler 

 ran from between two of the grass humps and picked 

 about on the ground for a minute and then ran back. 

 I thought he had gone into a hole, but pretty soon he 

 came out again and flew up through the bushes to a 

 tall tree a little Avay off. He went out to the end of a 

 long branch and began to call — soft at first and then 

 very loud, as if his throat would split before he ended. 

 It was a very big noise for such a little bird." 



"Didheseemtosay'T6^rt67<er,TEACHER, TEACHER'?" 

 asked the Doctor, who knew John Pjurroughs very well. 



" Yes, he kept calling exactly that way. Then when 

 he stopped, I looked for the hole in the' ground where 

 he came hoiu. I felt round a little, and then I lay 

 down on the bank and looked up hill at the place to 

 try if I could find it that way. Then I saw a place 

 where the grass and leaves were made into a sort of 



