SMALL BIRD TALK 



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SKETCHES OF THE OVEN BIRD 



1. Pose assumed by mother bird as she creeps about in front of 

 you, like a rat to entice you away from her nest. 



2. Oven bird's nest, sketched from nature, Rowland, Pike Co. Pa. 



3. Young oven birds; five in a nest. 



4. Cross section of nest showing latter below level of floor of oven. 



