. Wood notes wild, notations of bird music; . WOOD NOTES WILD. 61. OVEN-BIRD; GOLDEN-CROWNEDACCENTOR. SEITJRUS AUROCAPILLirS. ^ I HE popular name oven-bird, perhaps as appropriate^ as any, is derived, doubtless, from the architectureof the nest, which is built on the ground, among oldleaves, and roofed over like an oven, with a door on oneside. It is so ingeniously constructed that no eye, noteven the cow-birds, is likely to discover it, unless it be byseeing the bird approach or leave it. The oven-bird doesnot fly from the nest, but runs from it with a mostpeculiar, light, and graceful step.
. Wood notes wild, notations of bird music; . WOOD NOTES WILD. 61. OVEN-BIRD; GOLDEN-CROWNEDACCENTOR. SEITJRUS AUROCAPILLirS. ^ I HE popular name oven-bird, perhaps as appropriate^ as any, is derived, doubtless, from the architectureof the nest, which is built on the ground, among oldleaves, and roofed over like an oven, with a door on oneside. It is so ingeniously constructed that no eye, noteven the cow-birds, is likely to discover it, unless it be byseeing the bird approach or leave it. The oven-bird doesnot fly from the nest, but runs from it with a mostpeculiar, light, and graceful step. Wilson says, The oven-bird has no song; but ashrill, energetic twitter. Other writers pronounce hima great singer; Dr. Coues declaring him the equal ofthe Louisiana Thrush itself. An experienced observerassures me that he has never heard anything fromthe oven-birds but the one brief snatch of a songwhich they are forever repeating, and such has beenmy own experience; still, I do not question the tes-timony of those who claim to have heard fine songsfrom them. I
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