WARBLERS 109 



Washington, very common S. R., Apl. 12-Sept. 20. Ossining, 

 rare S. R., May 2-Sept. 14. Cambridge, locally common S. R„ 

 May 8-Sept. 15. N. Ohio, rare, .fypl. 29, May 9, and 14. 



Scrubby second growths, hillsides with scattered cedars 

 and barberries, and, sometimes, bushy places in the pines 

 are the haunts of the miscalled Prairie Warbler. Common 

 and generally distributed in the South, it is local in the 

 North and not always found in districts which seem to 

 supply all its wants. Its song is composed of six or seven 

 minute zees, the next to the last one usually the highest. 

 The nest is generally built within 4 feet of the ground, the 

 eggs, laid in May, are white marked with shades of 

 brown, often wreathed about the larger end. 



X OVEN-BIRD 



Seiurus aurocapillus. Case 6, Fig. 64 



An olive brownish bird, white streaked with black below, with 

 an orange, black-bordered crown and no white on wings or in 

 tail. L. 6J. 



Range. Nests from Georgia and Missouri to Canada; winters 

 from Florida southward. 



Washington, very common S. R., Apl. 10-Oct. 17. Ossining, 

 common S. R., Apl. 27-Oct. 10. Cambridge, very common S. R., 

 May 6-Sept. 15. N. Ohio, abundant S. R., Apl. 22-Oct. 1. 

 Glen Ellyn, not common S. R., common T. V., Apl. 28-Sept. 30. 

 SE. Minn., common S. R., Apl. 27-Sept. 22. 



The Oven-bird, and its near relatives the Water- 

 Thrushes, bear so little resemblance in color and habits 

 to the true Wood Warblers, that one might well think 

 they were members of another family. Their plumage 

 lacks the bright colors, white wing-bars and tail-patches 

 possessed by most Warblers, and, instead of hopping and 

 flitting from twig to twig, they spend their time chiefly 

 walking on the ground, where they find their food. 



It is not so much its abundance as its song which makes 

 the Oven-bird well known. Years ago Mr. Burroughs 

 wrote it, teacher, teacher, teacher, teacher, teacher, and no 

 one has improved on this description. The Oven-bird 



