$8 Birds Every Child Should Know 



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on feeding to utter a single zee. You could not 

 possibly confuse him with the dilligent, placid 

 brown creeper or with the slate-blue nuthatch 

 which also creeps along the branches on the 

 under or upper side. Some children I know 

 call this black and white warbler the little zebra 

 bird. Would that all warblers were so easily 

 identified ! 



OVEN-BIRD 



Called also: The Teacher ; Golden-crowned Thrush; 

 The Accentor. 



" Teacher— r^ac/j^r— TEACHER— TEACHER- 

 TEA C//Ei? ! " resounds a penetrating, accented 

 voice from the woods. Who calls ? Not an im- 

 patient scholar, as you might suppose, but a shy 

 little thrush-like warbler who has no use whatever 

 for any human being, especially at the nesting 

 season in May and June, when he calls most 

 loudly and frequently. Beginning quite softly, 

 he gradually increases the intensity of each 

 pair of notes in a crescendo that seems to come 

 from a point much nearer than it really does. 

 Once heard it is never forgotten, and you can 

 always be sure of naming at least one bird by 

 his voice alone. However, his really exquisite 

 love song — a clear, ringing, vivacious melody, 

 uttered while the singer is fluttering, hovering, 



