. Citizen bird: scenes from bird-life in plain English for beginners. Birds. 168 CITIZEN BIED. "The Marvlaml Yellow-throat is tlie merry little bird who puts his head on one side to peep at you through his black mask, and then tlits further along to a thicket or clump of bushes, calling persuasively —' Follow me-^, follow me-e, follow !' lie is trying to coax you into a game of hide-and-seek ; but fe ; gj^^j^ it' you play with him you will f ^j^f >:;^ll^ soon find that you must do all the seeking, ftn* he intends to do the hidino" himself. '' Does he wish to show you his deep narr
. Citizen bird: scenes from bird-life in plain English for beginners. Birds. 168 CITIZEN BIED. "The Marvlaml Yellow-throat is tlie merry little bird who puts his head on one side to peep at you through his black mask, and then tlits further along to a thicket or clump of bushes, calling persuasively —' Follow me-^, follow me-e, follow !' lie is trying to coax you into a game of hide-and-seek ; but fe ; gj^^j^ it' you play with him you will f ^j^f >:;^ll^ soon find that you must do all the seeking, ftn* he intends to do the hidino" himself. '' Does he wish to show you his deep narrow nest, made of grape-vine bark, old leaves, and grass ? Not he ; being crammed fnll of good spirits he simply wants you to share them and have a race. Some- times he will stop a moment quite near and call — 'I-spy-it, I-spy-it,' and then fly off and challenge you to a new chase. Or sometimes, if two or three call at once, you will stray away from your path without knowing it. " They are very gentle, lovable little birds too, and sing all through the summer when many of the better singers have grown silent.'' " The Yellow-throat must be what I've called the Black-faced Yellowbird," said Rap. " Please, Doctor, 1. Male. 2. Female. Maryland Yellow Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wright, Mabel Osgood, 1859-1934; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. New York : The Macmillan company
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