"Does he build his nest in myrtle?
I thought myrtle was that shiny-leaved plant down on the ground, that doesn't have berries." "No, my boy, the bird is not named from that sort of creeping flowering myrtle; his name comes from a Latin word for 'bayberry,' because the bird feeds upon its fruit, as Rap told you." "And bayberry is that low sweet-smelling shrub that we gather in the rocky pasture, to fill the great jar in the fireplace," said Olive.
"Some call it candle-berry, and others wax-myrtle." "Yes," said Rap, "and these Warblers stay round that pasture in winter as long as there is a berry left." The Yellow-rumped Warbler (Or MYRTLEBIRD) 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 [Illustration: The Ovenbird.] "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.