Some Feathered Diggers 



little darker on his wings and tail. His breast, 

 instead of being all snowy white, was crossed 

 with a brownish band. His tail was more nearly 

 square across the end than is the case with other 

 members of the Swallow family. 



"Wha wha what were you doing there ?" 

 stuttered Peter, his eyes popping right out with 

 curiosity and excitement. 



"Why, that's my home," twittered Banker. 



"Do do do you mean to say that you live 

 in a hole in the ground?" cried Peter. 



"Certainly; why not?" twittered Banker as 

 he snapped up a fly just over Peter's head. 



"I don't know any reason why you shouldn't," 

 confessed Peter. "But somehow it is hard for 

 me to think of birds as living in holes in the 

 ground. I've only just found out that Rattles 

 the Kingfisher does. But I didn't suppose there 

 were any others. Did you make that hole your- 

 self , Banker ?" 



"Of course," replied Banker. "That is, I 

 helped make it. Mrs. Banker did her share. 

 'Way in at the end of it we've got the nicest little 

 nest of straw and feathers. What is more, we've 

 got four white eggs in there, and Mrs. Banker is 

 sitting on them now." 



By this time the air seemed to be full of Banker's 

 friends, skimming and circling this way and that, 

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