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THE N< >RTHERN YELLOW-THR< (AT. 



is concealing an amused smile behind that inscrutable black mask, and that 

 he is poking tun at you for awkwardness and stupidity, of which you know 

 you are guilty, as you stumble about through the thicket in the wake of the 



ret re a ting 

 mocker. 

 There is no 

 reaso n able 

 doubt that 

 the bird de- 

 lights in a 

 game of hide- 

 and-seek and 

 that he shi >w s 

 himself from 

 time to time 

 just far 

 e n o u g h 

 a h e a d to 

 keep up the 

 tantalizing 

 play. Bui if 

 you are wise 

 enough to 

 give it up the 

 I) i r d will 

 presently 

 hop o u t 

 squarely into 

 the open to 

 look at you. 

 Thus life's 

 truest pleas- 

 ures come 

 unsought. 



The Yel- 

 low-throats 

 arrive from 

 the south 

 s o metirae 

 d u r i n g the 

 last week in 

 April, and thenceforth wherever there are willow-thickets bordering streams. 



Photo by the 

 WD-SEEK. 



