An Old Friend in a New Home 



"Do you start it with mud the way Welcome 

 Robin and your cousins, the Phcebes, do?" asked 

 Peter. 



"Mud!" cried Chebec scornfully. "Mud! I 

 should say not ! I would have you understand, 

 Peter, that we are very particular about what 

 we use in our nest. We use only the finest of 

 rootlets, strips of soft bark, fibers of plants, the 

 brown cotton that grows on ferns, and perhaps a 

 little hair when we can find it. We make a dainty 

 nest, if I do say it, and we fasten it securely in 

 the fork made by two or three upright little 

 branches. Now I must go because Mrs. Chebec 

 is getting impatient. Come see me when I'm 

 not so busy, Peter." 



