Maryland Yellow-throat 6i 



and into the nest, which was shaped hke an 

 old-fashioned Dutch oven. Was ever a sight so 

 w^elcome? She almost screamed with joy. 

 Through the opening on one side, that was about 

 three inches high, she could see the lining of 

 fine black rootlets, just like the one she had 

 watched the bird snap off and carry away. 

 Then she flew home, as if she too had wings, 

 and, calling breathlessly "Oh Father! Father! 

 I've found it!" burst into the house. A week 

 before even one white speckled egg had been laid 

 in the oven-bird's nest, there was a golden 

 half eagle in a happy little girl's palm. A fort- 

 night later a man with a camera took a picture 

 of the patient mother-bird, whose pretty striped 

 head you see peeping out from under the dome^ 



MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT 



Called also: Black-Unasked Ground Warbler 



This gay little warbler looks as if he were 

 dressed for a masquerade ball with a gray-edged 

 black mask over his face and the sides of his 

 throat, a brownish green coat and a bright 

 yellow vest. He is smaller than a sparrow. 

 How sharply the inquisitive fellow peers at you 

 through his mask whenever you pass the damp 

 thicket, bordering the marshy land, where he 



