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CITIZEN BIRD 



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

 ground, and you ma}' 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 Avhispering his 

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

 queen apple by the study window." 



"Is that bird a Warbler?" asked Xat. "I thoucrht 



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, 

 e body and bill of the 

 Nuthatch is stouter, and not such 

 a pretty shape, 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. 

 Black-and-white he has smaller and finer stripes than 

 Warbler. ^^^^^ 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 the 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 



