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roof between the grass humps, and in the middle of 

 this was a smooth round hole. I put my finger in and 

 another bird, just like the first, flew out, and I saw 

 tliat there were eggs there ; so I drove a stick in the 

 ground to mark the place, and went away. 



'' The miller said it must be a field-mouse's nest that 

 some birds had stolen. But in the fall I took the nest 

 home and 1 saw it was a real bird's nest, all w^oven 

 round of strong grass with finer kinds for a lining ; 

 and there were dead leaves on the outside, so that the 

 top looked like all the rest of the ground. I had often 

 heard that loud singing before, but this was the first 

 time I had a good look at the bird and his nest, and the 

 miller won't believe now that it's a bird's nest either." 



" What trade does the Ovenbird belong to ? " asked 

 Dodo. " He ought to be a baker if he lives in an oven." 



" He is a Ground Gleaner and a Tree Trapper," said 

 the Doctor, while the children laughed merrily at 

 Dodo's idea of a baker bird. 



The Ovenbird 



Length about six inches. 



Upper parts frog green, with a rusty-yellow streak between two 

 black lines on the crown. 



Lower parts white, with black streaks on the breast and sides. 



A Summer Citizen as far west as Kansas and north to Alaska, 

 wintering far south. 



THE MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT 



" Now we come to three very jolly Warblers with 

 bright feathers and perfectly distinct ways of their 

 own. They are the Maryland Yellow-throat, the Yel- 

 low-breasted Chat, and the American Redstart. 



