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OUR SOUTHERN BIRDS 



Another pretty inhabitant of swamps, bayous, 

 and wet thickets is the Yellowthroated Warbler, 

 one of the smallest of all. It is vividly striped 

 with black and white on the sides, and may be 

 known by the bib-plastron of bright yellow on 

 the throat and breast. The Sycamore Warbler 

 is similarly marked, an inhabitant of heavily 

 wooded bottom lands. 



OVENBIRD 



His speckled breast makes him look like a 

 little Thrush, but when he begins to walk, lifting 

 one white-stockinged leg after 

 the other so daintily, none can 

 mistake him. The spring note 

 is also unmistakable. Mr. 

 Burroughs has so aptly de- 

 scribed it as "teacker-teacher- 

 Teachee-TEACHER-T^M Off- 

 icii!/' that this wording is 

 J^> generally recognized by all 



ovenbird bird students in connection 



Length 6 inches with the YQ ^ 



Why Ovenbird? you may wonder until you 

 see the nest, roofed and rounded over like an 

 old-fashioned oven or kiln, with the entrance at 

 the side. A big structure for so small an archi- 

 tect, but so nearly invisible that in order to find 

 it you must pursue the tactics of children who 



