. Birds of village and field: a bird book for beginners . on to examine itwhen they are away, for it is low to the ground,and a bulky affair of leaves, grass, and bark, andthe eggs are large, white, and evenly spotted withbrown. When attending to serious matters, theChat is said to eat tent-caterpillars. Oven-bird: Seiurus aurocapillus. Crown golden brown, inclosed by two dark lines ; rest of upperparts olive-green ; vinder parts white, streaked with , about Oj inches. Geographic Distribution. — Eastern North America; breedsfrom Kansas and Virginia northward to Manitoba and Labra-d
. Birds of village and field: a bird book for beginners . on to examine itwhen they are away, for it is low to the ground,and a bulky affair of leaves, grass, and bark, andthe eggs are large, white, and evenly spotted withbrown. When attending to serious matters, theChat is said to eat tent-caterpillars. Oven-bird: Seiurus aurocapillus. Crown golden brown, inclosed by two dark lines ; rest of upperparts olive-green ; vinder parts white, streaked with , about Oj inches. Geographic Distribution. — Eastern North America; breedsfrom Kansas and Virginia northward to Manitoba and Labra-dor, southward along- the AUeghanies to South Carolina; win-ters from Florida southward. In Washington, New England, and New York,one of the commonest and most pervading wood-land songs is that of theOven-bird. It is a repeti-tion of the word teach-e7\ orteach ^ rising from an ordi-nary tone to a very loudone, so marked that the birdhas been aptly called the Crescendo Chicken. Thechicken part of the namecomes from the fact that, instead of hopping, the. Fig. 334 OVEN-BIRD bird walks on the ground, quite in the manner ofa chicken. Mr. Burroughs dubs it by far theprettiest pedestrian in the woods. As it walks,the Oven-bird bobs its head much like a the word teacher is a very good re-presentation of one of the commonest forms ofits song, there is often only one syllable insteadof two—teach instead of tea5h-er. The songseems to come from under your very feet, but youmay watch for a long time without getting sight ofthe singer. When you do he will probably be ona branch, down which he walks primly. On stop-ping, he throws up his head and sings. Look wellat his crown as he throws it back, for if the lightis right you can get a glint of the golden V setiu between two dark bands, the decoration whichgives him the name of Golden-crowned Thrush. When he flies to the ground, you will verylikely lose sight of him again and have a goodopj)ortunity to meditate
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