. Citizen bird. Scenes from bird-life in plain english for beginners. 158 CITIZEN BIRD " This Warbler also has light rusty streaks on his yellow breast. Do you remember having ever seen a Canary with such markings ? " Nat and Dodo thought for a moment, and then said they never had. " It really may not be like a Canary," said Rap, " and it hasn't much of a song, but it has so many cute little ways that it seems like one. I know a boy who always says it's a wild Canary, but it can't be that, 1 see. A pair of these Warblers have a nest in one of the elder bushes by our fe
. Citizen bird. Scenes from bird-life in plain english for beginners. 158 CITIZEN BIRD " This Warbler also has light rusty streaks on his yellow breast. Do you remember having ever seen a Canary with such markings ? " Nat and Dodo thought for a moment, and then said they never had. " It really may not be like a Canary," said Rap, " and it hasn't much of a song, but it has so many cute little ways that it seems like one. I know a boy who always says it's a wild Canary, but it can't be that, 1 see. A pair of these Warblers have a nest in one of the elder bushes by our fence, and they wouldn't mind a bit if we went to look at them. Would it be too far for you to come, sir?" he inquired timidly of the Doctor, evi- dently proud of having some- thing to show. " We shall be glad to see the nest, my boy. How is it that you have so many birds about your house ? " " I think it's partly for the same reason that you have birds here — for we don't keep cats either — and it's partly because we have four big old mulberry ; " What have mulberry trees to do Avith birds ? " asked Nat, without stopping to think. " Everything," said the Doctor. " The mulberry is. 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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