on THE NORTHERN YELLOW-THROAT. 
is concealing an amused smile behind that inscrutable black mask, and that 
he is poking fun 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 
retreating 
ial 0) © Ike © ir. 
There is no 
reasonable 
doubt that 
the bird de- 
lights in a 
game of hide- 
and-seek and 
that he shows 
himself from 
time to time 
USE Tali 
Sil Gi i BS in 
ahead to 
keep up the 
tantalizing 
play. But if 
you are wise 
enough to 
give it up the 
bird will 
presently 
LOR PMO sitter 
squarely into 
the open to 
look at you. 
Thus life's 
truest pleas- 
UGesS connie 
unsought. 
The Yel- 
low-throats 
arrive from 
the south 
Taken in Franklin County. Photo by the Author. Se) mn etime 
WHERE YELLOW-THROATS PLAY HIDE-AND-SEEK. during the 
last week in 
April, and thenceforth wherever there are willow-thickets bordering streams, 
