Maryland Yellow-throat 
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and into the nest, which was shaped like an 
old-fashioned Dutch oven. Was ever a sight so 
welcome? 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 
halfeagle 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-masked 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 
