The Burgess Bird Book for Children 



of time to sit around crying. Come on, Chebec, 

 let's look for a place to build another nest. Next 

 time I won't leave the eggs unwatched for a 

 minute." 



Meanwhile Jenny Wren's tongue was fairly 

 flying as she chattered to Peter Rabbit, who had 

 come up in the midst of the excitement and of 

 course had to know all about it. 



"Blacky the Crow has a heart as black as his 

 coat, and his cousin Sammy Jay isn't much better," 

 declared Jenny. "They belong to a family of 

 robbers." 



"Wait a minute," cried Peter. "Do you mean 

 to say that Blacky the Crow and Sammy Jay are 

 cousins?" 



"For goodness' sake, Peter!" exclaimed Jenny, 

 "do you mean to say that you don't know that? 

 Of course they're cousins. They don't look much 

 alike, but they belong to the same family. I 

 would expect almost anything bad of any one as 

 black as Blacky the Crow. But how such a 

 handsome fellow as Sammy Jay can do such dread- 

 ful things I don't understand. He isn't as bad 

 as Blacky, because he does do a lot of good. He 

 destroys a lot of caterpillars and other pests. 



" There are no sharper eyes anywhere than those 

 of Sammy Jay, and I'll have to say this for him, 

 that whenever he discovers any danger he always 

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