. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state. Birds -- Ohio. 172 THE OVEN-BIRD. The life of the Oven-bird is spent for the most part on the ground. Here it walks sedately or minces daintily, searching the moist humus for grubs and worms, or stirring the dead leaves for hidden treasures. Knowing itself obscure the bird often permits a close approach, and it goes scuttling over the ground oftener than it flies for shelter. But the Oven-bird is no man-with-the- muck-rake. When he would sing it is from the middle branches of a tr
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state. Birds -- Ohio. 172 THE OVEN-BIRD. The life of the Oven-bird is spent for the most part on the ground. Here it walks sedately or minces daintily, searching the moist humus for grubs and worms, or stirring the dead leaves for hidden treasures. Knowing itself obscure the bird often permits a close approach, and it goes scuttling over the ground oftener than it flies for shelter. But the Oven-bird is no man-with-the- muck-rake. When he would sing it is from the middle branches of a tree, or better. Cautious now. suspecting the very tree-toads, the bird mounts a bare limb, casts searching glances to left and right, walks toward the end of the. by R. t\ Griggs. branch, then suddenly surrendering all caution he breaks into utterance. Be- ginning easily he gains confidence at every step, until the last phrases pierce the woodland and fairly bring the listener to his feet. The crescendo pro- ceeds by a series of little explosions with the ictus on the second syllable of each pair: pcchee, pechee, pechee, pechee, PECHEE. PECHEE. John Burroughs, writing from the eastern part of New York State, has immi 'to- talized this song under the words, "teacher, teacher, teacher," but in- asmuch as he expressly states that the accent is placed on the first syllable, the description evidently does not apply to Ohii > 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 Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928; Jones, Lynds, b. 1865. Columbus, Wheaton Pub. Co.
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