Length about five and a half inches
Upper parts dark gray, streaked with black; two white bars on each wing; large white spots on some of the tail-feathers. A yellow patch on the rump and crown.
Under parts white, streaked with black on the breast and sides. A yellow patch on each side of the breast.
A Summer Citizen of the northern United States and northward. Much less common in the West than the East. Travels south, and spends the winter everywhere from southern New England to Panama.
A great Seed Sower and a Tree Trapper.
THE OVENBIRD [ [!-- IMG --]
"I will show you a 'skin' of the Ovenbird, because it may be some time before you will see this Ground Warbler at home in the deep woods."
"'Skin!' What is that?" asked Rap, as the Doctor took from his pocket what looked merely like a dead bird.
"A 'bird-skin,' so called, is the bird preserved and prepared for stuffing, with all its feathers on, but without glass eyes and not mounted in a natural position. You see that it takes up much less room than the birds that are set up in my cases, and is more easily carried about."