The Burgess Bird Book for Children 



one of the most wonderful nests of any one I know, 

 and Sally Sly is too lazy to build any. If I were 

 in Goldy's place I " 



"Hold on !" cried Peter. "I thought you said 

 Sally Sly is a member of the Blackbird family. 

 I don't see what she's got tp do with Goldy the 

 Oriole." 



"You don't, eh?" exclaimed Jenny. "Well, 

 for one who pokes into other people's affairs as 

 you do, you don't know much. The Orioles and 

 the Meadow Larks and the Grackles and the 

 Bobolinks all belong to the Blackbird family. 

 They're all related to Redwing the Blackbird, and 

 Sally Sly the Cowbird belongs in the same family." 



Peter gasped. "I I hadn't the least idea 

 that any of these folks were related," stammered 

 Peter. 



"Well, they are," retorted Jenny Wren. "As 

 I live, there's Sally Sly now !" 



Peter caught a glimpse of a brownish-gray bird 

 who reminded him somewhat of Mrs. Redwing. 

 She was about the same size and looked very 

 much like her. It was plain that she was trying 

 to keep out of sight, and the instant she knew that 

 she had been discovered she flew away in the 

 direction of the Old Pasture. It happened that 

 late that afternoon Peter visited the Old Pasture 

 and saw her again. She and some of her friends 

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